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03/09/2026

We are in Vienna this week for the 69th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs ( ). 169 side events. 23 exhibitions. Member States, civil society, NGOs, and the scientific community will all in one room, trying to find common ground on the world’s most complex drug policy challenges. Drug policy is health policy, and health policy requires equity and justice in policy. As we attend and engage this week, we’ll be sharing what we’re hearing, learning, and thinking throughout the week. Follow along.

03/08/2026

DiversityTalk is Black-owned, operated and managed. We are so proud to say that our team consists of majority of self-identifying women!
So, naturally this International Women’s Day, we are celebrating, while actively naming the gap between acknowledgment and accountability, and demanding and working with organizations close it. We know from our shared lived experiences that health equity and justice cannot be achieved through statements alone, and it requires governance, policy, and structural change.

A question to you: What is your organization doing differently this year?

02/21/2026

We’re in the news 📰

Leaves of Legacy is featured in the Toronto Caribbean Newspaper ahead of this week’s exhibition.

This Black History Month, we’re bringing forward a powerful, evidence-informed exploration of cannabis, culture, criminalization, and African diasporic heritage. This is about policy, memory, ritual, resistance, and the realities shaping our communities today.

📍 Feb 25–27, 2026
📍 STACKT Market, Toronto
🎟 Free entry | Registration recommended

If you’ve been meaning to come, this is your sign. Let’s make history visible.

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02/13/2026

Leaves of Legacy arrives during Black History Month with a focused examination of cannabis across African and diasporic histories, cultural knowledge systems, and contemporary public health discourse. This exhibition invites attendees into a curated educational space designed to expand historical memory, challenge dominant narratives, and support informed dialogue on health, policy, and community futures.

Join us February 25–27, 2026 at Stackt Market in Toronto for a three-day immersive experience grounded in research, culture, and critical learning.

Register to secure your place. Limited capacity is expected.

02/09/2026

Legacy is lived, carried, and remembered.

This Black History Month, DiversityTalk presents Leaves of Legacy, an immersive exhibition exploring the historical and cultural relationship between cannabis and Black communities through real artifacts, curated installations, and grounded public health education.

Opening Night — February 25 | 6 PM to 10 PM
Guided tour. Panel discussion. Networking. Featured clips from Rasta’s Journey.

Exhibition Hours:
February 26–27
11 AM to 9:30 PM
Stackt Market (), Toronto

Free admission. Reserve your spot or drop in.

Our Educational Partner:

Partnership opportunities remain open as the exhibition is positioned to grow into a travelling installation. DM or get in touch for more information!

02/05/2026

Leaves of Legacy is officially arriving at Market.

This Black History Month, DiversityTalk invites you into an immersive public exhibition exploring the cultural and historical legacy of cannabis across Black communities. Expect thoughtfully curated installations, real artifacts, and an educational experience grounded in public health, memory, and cultural knowledge.

📍 Stackt Market, Toronto
📅 February 25 to 27, 2026
🎟 Free | 19+

Opening Night | February 25 (6-10pm)
Join us for a guided tour of the exhibition, a dynamic panel discussion launching new work from the Institute for .ca (The Institute for Sustainable Health and Social Impact) and .healing, intentional networking, and featured clips from Rasta’s Journey by Donisha Pendergast and Patricia Scarlett.

Reserve your spot in advance or drop in during exhibition hours. We look forward to welcoming you into a space designed for reflection, dialogue, and community connection.

Thank you to the for the continued educational partnership and recognizing the importance on Black communities in this legal regulatory landscape!

Link: leavesoflegacy.eventbrite.com

01/27/2026

Save the date.

Leaves of Legacy
Black History Month 2026
February 25 to 27
Stackt Market (), Toronto

Leaves of Legacy is an immersive museum style exhibit centring Black history, cultural memory, and living legacy. This is an early announcement. Full programming details and featured installations will be shared soon.

Attendance is free.
Registration and exhibition time slot reservations will open shortly via the link in our bio.

Partnership and media inquiries
[email protected]

More information coming soon.

Images were sourced via Google Search

01/21/2026

Bell Let’s Talk ()continues to shape how mental health is discussed across Canada.

At DiversityTalk, we work at the intersection of health, policy, and social systems. What decades of evidence continue to show is that mental health outcomes are deeply shaped by structural conditions long before someone reaches a crisis point.

Income security. Housing stability. Immigration status. Racialization. Gendered care burdens. Access to culturally safe services. These are mental health determinants, and not isolated issues.

Public conversations matter. Corporate funding matters. But sustainable mental health outcomes require systems that reduce harm upstream and services that respond after damage has occurred.

Today is a reminder that mental health work does not begin or end with awareness. It lives in policy decisions, organizational practices, and whose lives are designed for resilience.

We remain committed to advancing mental health through research, strategy, and culturally grounded systems change.

01/12/2026

Professional development in health and social development demands continuous engagement with history, political economy, power, labour, governance, and the lived conditions that shape health outcomes.

These are some of the texts our team spent time with over the past year. They reflect the intellectual foundations required to work seriously in health equity, systems transformation, and social policy. Health does not exist in isolation. It is produced through structures, ideology, governance, and material conditions across time and place.

1. Black Skin, White Masks - Frantz Fanon
2. Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order - Noam Chomsky 3. Necropolitics - Achille Mbembe
4. The Conditions of the Working Class in England - Frederick Engels
5. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act - Bob Joseph
6. Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power - Byung-Chul Han

We will continue sharing what informs our thinking and practice. We are also interested in what others are reading as part of their work in this space.

11/24/2025

Hurricane Melissa did more than damage homes, it revealed the deep-seated inequities that Caribbean communities and other vulnerable populations face with every disaster. Climate events are governance events, and the evidence is clear: our systems are failing those who need them most.

True resilience is built, not just praised.

While community care and diaspora support provide a critical lifeline, we must demand more than resilience. We must demand justice. This means investing in climate-resilient infrastructure, ensuring equitable access to resources, and holding our institutions accountable for protecting all communities.

Thank you to everyone supporting our ongoing donation efforts. We are continuing to collect:
• hygiene items
• baby essentials
• non-perishables
• tools and shelter (ex. tarps and solar lights)
• medical supplies
• water purification items

If you’d like to contribute, please reach out or check out the links in our bio. Every act of care makes a difference. 🌿

11/15/2025

The Jamaica Relief Donation Drive has now been extended until Sunday.
We’ll be at Stackt Market, Unit 5-101, throughout the weekend during the Christmas Market, and everyone is welcome to stop by.

We are collecting essentials for families in Petersfield, Westmoreland through Humanity Ova Vanity () and for the Trelawny Town–Flagstaff Maroons in Cockpit Country, St. James, led by Chief Michael Grizzle (.grizzle). All donations go directly to these communities.

If you’re visiting the Christmas Market, come by to learn more, contribute if you can, or help spread the word.
Pickups can be coordinated if dropping off is difficult.

Monetary contributions can be made through our Zeffy link in the bio or via [email protected].

Thank you to everyone supporting and sharing. We appreciate every contribution.

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