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THOUSANDS OF INSPIRED YOUTH CELEBRATE SOCIAL CHANGE AT WE DAY OTTAWA

It's celebrated by young people in cities across North America and even in the United Kingdom, from Toronto to Los Angeles to London. This past Tuesday WE Day stopped in Ottawa, Canada. Over 16,000 students fro...

INTERVIEW WITH ROCK MUSICIAN TURNED CHURCH LEADER SHAWN GABIE

Impact, Interviews

Our Joe Mebrahtu and Kevin Bourne sat down with former rock musician turned church leader, Shawn Gabie, to talk about influencing culture, building a personal brand and leadership. Joe Mebrahtu: Your backgro...

Delphine Saint-Fort, A voice for the voiceless

EXHIBITION – DELPHINE SAINT-FORT’S A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS

Art, Culture, Impact

Tonight members of the SHIFTER Magazine team attended A Voice for the Voiceless; an exhibition by Canadian artist Delphine Saint-Fort. The collection was a celebration of a few firsts for the artist- her first ...

INTERVIEW WITH VISUAL ARTIST DELPHINE SAINT-FORT

Art, Culture, Interviews

Last week we got to meet with Delphine Saint-Fort. She will be holding her very first art exhibition at The Fritzi Gallery on October 27th 2015. In an interview with our Vladimir Jean-Gilles she shared a lot of...

CREATOR PROFILE – MATT DYCK, ILLUSTRATOR

Art, Artist of the Month

Name: Matt Dyck Home Base: Whitby, ON Past and present creative icons: Most of the artists that I look up to are the ones that have built themselves up to the point where they can illustrate/desig...

A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO BECOMING AN INFLUENCER IN YOUR INDUSTRY

SHIFTER U

Columnist John Lincoln recently wrote a rather thorough article for Marketing Land about how to become an influencer in your industry. "Influencers are the people others come to for advice. They have a genuine...

OTTAWA ANIMATION FESTIVAL CONTINUES TO LIVE UP TO ITS REPUTATION

Canada, Film/Television, News

North America’s largest animation festival took over Canada's capital last week in what turned out to be a fantastic gathering of fans and industry professionals. Whether you’re into action, drama, romance o...

INTERVIEW WITH ACTOR, POET, RAPPER AND FILMMAKER, ANTHONY MCLEAN

Culture, Interviews

Koliah Bourne recently had the opportunity to chat with actor, rapper, poet, and playwright Anthony McLean about his recent documentary Colour Me, finding his voice, and his non-profit iEngage, a bullying aware...

THREE STEPS TO BECOMING AN INFLUENTIAL WRITER

Business, SHIFTER U

I discovered at a very young age that I loved writing, but that, of course, came after I discovered that I loved reading. Throughout the years, there have been many writers who have influenced my thought life a...

THE POWER OF CREATIVE PROTEST

Joe Mebrahtu, Opinion

Recently I was watching an episode of Friday Night Lights on Netflix. Friday Night Lights is a television drama set in a fictional small town called Dillon, Texas. The series is based around a high school foot...

THE RISE OF THE MAKERS

Art, Culture

There's a new brand of influencer in town- the maker. And there's a whole new culture forming around these entrepreneurial creatives. From the success of e-commerce platform etsy to the growing number of makers...

FIVE THINGS TO CONSIDER IF YOU WANT TO BE A SUCCESSFUL WRITER

Culture, SHIFTER U

It’s a writer’s world. Digital and self-publishing have transformed the ease and speed of which writers can share their message with readers. Amazon quickly proves this fact with the more than 32 million books ...

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