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Read More »Indigenous comedy duo forms in B.C. out of community need for laughter – BC
Just a couple of “dirty old grannies,” is how Lilet and Soogah – or Bev Prince and Winnie Sam – describe their comedy duo. The grannies are from Nak’azdli Whut’en First Nation near Fort St. James, B.C. They grew up together, live two houses apart and say comedy sort of …
Read More »These Calgarians say TikTok told them they had ADHD — turns out, they do
In March of 2020, a recently laid off Ellyce Fulmore found herself doing what a lot of people were doing — scrolling through TikTok — when she started to see a lot of content she unexpectedly related to. “It was a lot of content about ADHD and it made me …
Read More »How TikTok led Canadian R&B performers Shawn Desman and Jully Black to a new generation of fans
Maybe you haven’t heard the name Shawn Desman in a while. The 40-year-old R&B crooner behind hits like Electric, Shook and Get Ready — known to some as Canada’s answer to Justin Timberlake in the early and mid-2000s, an energetic performer and dancer with a smooth, sexy sound — hasn’t released …
Read More »Some teachers are using TikTok to reach teens, but concern over app’s effects persists
When Shauna Pomerantz saw her daughter’s smartphone use rocket up during the pandemic, she investigated and discovered the reason: TikTok videos. Her next step? Pomerantz, a professor of child and youth studies at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ont., dug into the world of TikTok alongside her teen. Besides picking up some …
Read More »How the legal community is using TikTok to make understanding the law less daunting
TikTok was not exactly the first choice for Michael DeRosenroll when considering how to reach people to inform them about human rights law. “But when I looked into it, I started specifically looking at how other lawyers are using TikTok,” the St. Albert-based lawyer said. “I thought I could … tell entertaining …
Read More »Why TikTok dads are hitting heartstrings during the pandemic
Summer Clayton is asking about your day. “Tell me one good thing that happened, and one challenging thing. Start with the good thing.” Clayton, who uses the handle @yourprouddad, is talking to his 2.8 million TikTok followers, and this is one of the enormously popular offerings in his Dinner with …
Read More »A year after TikTok ban, Indian versions struggle to make the scene
A year after the TikTok ban, brand collaborations on Indian short-video platforms like Moj, MX TakaTak, Josh and so on are yet to pick up. Influencer marketing companies say only 10-25 per cent of the brand collaborations they facilitated were for Indian short-video platforms. After the Chinese-owned video-sharing service TikTok …
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