December 1 is #GivingTuesday — the global day of giving.
Since 2005 Diaspora Dialogues has supported emerging writers across diverse communities to turn their craft into a career, through mentorship programs, professional development and live events . . .
“Sisterhood Through Space” uses visual and auditory installations to invite audiences to explore the various places racialized and immigrant women form connections to each other.
The Project
This work takes to heart the concept of revealing the space between communities as a potential site for sharing knowledge . . .
Diaspora Dialogues is excited to announce an interactive online program featuring Khaled Hosseini, author of A Thousand Splendid Suns. Co-produced by Canadian Stage and The Toronto International Festival of Authors in association with Diaspora Dialogues . . .
Diaspora Dialogues is delighted to announce that we are partnering with the University of Guelph’s Creative Writing MFA program. UofG will be coming on as a sponsor for DD.
This years TOK Toronto Symposium will have two exciting masterclasses taught by staff from the UofG . . .
Due to the great success of our 2019 TOK symposiums, Diaspora Dialogues is proud to be bringing back a new lineup of conversations for TOK Toronto 2020 in partnership with Word On The Street.
We’ll be kicking off conversations with Sarena Parmer, Andrew Puper, Saleema Nawaz, Faye Guenther, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Sheung-King, Francesca Ekwuyasi and Canisia Lubrin . . .
Last year we experienced such incredible success with TOK Toronto and TOK Winnipeg 2019 we are ecstatic to bring our Toronto branch back again this fall, completely online!
This year we are excited to partner again with Word On The Street and co-host virtual conversations for Words Across Canada
We’ll be kicking off conversations with Sarena Parmer, Andrew Puper, Saleema Nawaz, Faye Guenther, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Sheung-King, Francesca Ekwuyasi and Canisia Lubrin . . .
Registration hereLue Boileau, a DD alum and writer of Black speculative fiction, will take participants on a tour of Black literary history of Bathurst, and then to the Lillian H . . .
Diaspora Dialogues is delighted to share details of TOK Winnipeg 2019, a two-day symposium taking place November 15-16, 2019. TOK, the digital magazine of Diaspora Dialogues, publishes fiercely honest, freshly original writing from our cities, and from around the world . . .
Join Diaspora Dialogues on October 5th, 2019, for Nuit Blanche at the Scarborough Civic Centre, Skate Room.
In 2018, DD partnered with Orpheus Choir of Toronto to adapt four poems into choral music for the Raising Her Voice concert . . .
With successful pilot symposiums in Winnipeg and Ottawa, Diaspora Dialogues is launching TOK Toronto. Join us in our hometown for a three-day symposium dedicated for writers and readers On September 20 – 22, 2019. TOK, the digital magazine of Diaspora Dialogues, publishes fiercely honest, freshly original writing from our cities, and from around the world . . .
Join us on February 23rd at Heliconian Hall for “Hello, Neighbour” — a three tiered community engagement piece that begins with residents of Toronto and ends with live performances of new works by six artists!
Hello, Neighbour began with residents of Toronto submitting short content pieces animating a favourite element of the city; an intersection or a neighbourhood; a restaurant, a building, a park . . .
