One thing that remains constant across almost every culture is the love for sport. That is what a group of baseball and softball enthusiasts from Hong Kong discovered upon immigrating to Toronto.
There are few experiences as universal as the feeling of elation that comes from eating a warm, home-cooked meal. For a group of recently settled Syrian women in Toronto, that feeling allowed them to transcend cultural and linguistic barriers to create a community united by food.
With the Black Foodie brand, Eden Hagos’s mission is to be a resource and a connector for people who are interested in food centred around the black identity.
This three-year study about young people becoming social media celebrities (and even "brands" of their own) explores the ethics and business models of this online brand-building.