Episodes

  • Dr. Mayann Francis

    Dr. Mayann Francis
    Feb 14 2023
    On this season finale of Season 2 of Black & White, we're honored to share Stephen's conversation with Dr. Mayann Francis, the first Black, female Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Dr. Francis has spent a lifetime challenging the racial and gender barriers challenging Canadians today, as a human rights advocate, and published her memoir Mayann Francis: An Honourable Life in 2019. She and Stephen speak about her upbringing in Whitney Pier, her relationship with the late Queen Elizabeth and her time as Lieutenant Governor, Viola Desmond, and much more. To learn more about Dr. Francis and her memoir, click here Find your copy of Stephen's book Special thanks to our Producer, Composer and Sound Designer Noah Foutz, Audio Engineer Gray Sienna Longfellow, and Executive Producers Gerardo Orlando and David Allen Moss.
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    50 mins
  • Ingrid Wilson

    Ingrid Wilson
    Jan 31 2023
    On this episode of Black & White, we welcome Ingrid Wilson, a Toronto-based Senior Human Resources Executive and Inclusion Strategist with over 30 years of experience in corporate Human Resources and EDI strategy who was recently recognized as a Top 25 DEI Person of the Year for 2021. She and Stephen speak at length about the challenges of minorities in the workplace, white advantage, systemic racism, and how to make diversity and inclusion less performative and more impactful. To learn more about Ingrid, visit gridfernhr.ca Find your copy of Stephen's book here Special thanks to Producer, Sound Designer, & Editor Noah Foutz; Audio Engineer Gray Sienna Longfellow; Executive Producer David Allen Moss.
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    44 mins
  • Agapi Gessesse

    Agapi Gessesse
    Jan 17 2023
    On today's episode, Stephen sits down with the Executive Director of the CEE Center for Young Black Professionals Agapi Gessesse. Their conversation about racial inequality covers access to education, social and economic barriers in the workplace, systemic inequality, and the work of Agapi and the CEE Center to address those issues. To learn more about Agapi and the CEE Center, click here Find your copy of Stephen's novel
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    43 mins
  • Biju Appachan

    Biju Appachan
    Jan 3 2023
    On today's episode of Black & White, Stephen sits down with the Executive Director of POV Film Biju Appachan. Their conversation covers representation and inequality, POV Film's mission to empower marginalized filmmakers, and much more. To find out more about POV Film, click here. Find your copy of Stephen's book
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    56 mins
  • Kirk Brooks

    Kirk Brooks
    Dec 13 2022
    On this episode of Black & White, Stephen sits down with Kirk Brooks, the CEO and founder of SkillzHockey, an equal-opportunity youth hockey program. Their conversation touches on systemic inequality, racism faced by athletes of color, the film, Kirk's contribution to the recent documentary "Black Ice", which covers racial discrimination in hockey, and more. To learn more about Kirk Brooks and SkillzHockey, click here. Find your copy of Stephen's book Visit flatironwealth.com to see how their wealth management system can benefit you.
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    53 mins
  • Jeff Cooper

    Jeff Cooper
    Nov 29 2022
    On this episode of Black & White, we welcome Jeff Cooper, founder of the Mixd Project, a collection of photographs and narratives of Black folks of mixed race that seeks to examine ideas of race through the lens of those who fit outside of its traditional constructs. Stephen and Jeff's discussion touches on social programming around race, living in a white world, Jeff's work on the Mixd Project, and more. Find your copy of Stephen's book here.
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    45 mins
  • Ross Cadastre

    Ross Cadastre
    Nov 15 2022
    On today's episode of Black & White, Stephen sits down with Ross Cadastre, CEO of Innovative Talent Solutions and Board Chair of the Black Business Professionals Association. Their conversation includes Ross's immigration to Canada, his early entrepreneurial story, the generational wealth gap, the work of the BBPA to assist Black entrepreneurs in Canada, and more. To learn more about Ross Cadastre and the BBPA, click here. Find your copy of Stephen's book.
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    44 mins
  • Andrew Sheppard

    Andrew Sheppard
    Nov 1 2022
    On this episode of Black & White, we welcome the CEO of Flatiron Wealth Management and Stephen's longtime personal friend and advisor Andrew Sheppard. Their discussion touches on the wealth gap, Andrew's background and history in East Asia, and much more. Find your copy of Stephen's book here To start your financial journey, visit flatironwealth.com
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    1 hr