The Calgary JOURNAL BLACK LIVES MATTER HERE, TOO. + EXCLUSIVE: MRU AVIATION STUDENTS REFLECT ON TRAGIC ACCIDENT MAY/JUNE 2017 + SUMMER FESTIVAL PULL OUT GUIDE FREE WRITING THE STORY PHOTO COURTESY OF KAY LAYTON PHOTO AND GRAPHIC BY MARIA DARDANO Behindthe MARY YOHANNES [email protected] hen George Zimmerman was acquitted for started wondering what role the movement played in seriousness it deserves. killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin back in Canada - can we claim it as our own, or should we just Being able to talk about racism and blackness Scenes2013, I was sitting in a hotel room with my show support to our American brothers and sisters? Any so openly with three thoughtful individuals was so W family. My mom started crying. I was so shocked that stories coming from a Canadian perspective are usually refreshing because it isn’t something that’s often even after all the evidence, Zimmerman would be free from Toronto, and even then, the experiences of a black discussed. As I worked on this project over four months, to walk away from a murder. person in Toronto is very di erent than that of a black it revealed to me how ingrained racism actually is in And then it happened over and over and over again. Calgarian. I wondered if the BLM movement had a place Calgary. At times, it’s so subtle that you could miss it. Between 2013 and 2015, it seemed like every week in Calgary. there was a new horri c video coming out or a new The question that drove this project is: What is ABOUT US hashtag to mourn over. As a black woman in Calgary, the black experience in Calgary, and what do black The Calgary Journal is produced by a vibrant team of I felt the pain of black America in my bones. The Black Calgarians think of the BLM movement and its role in next-generation journalists. Based out of the Mount Lives Matter movement was something I’d been Canada? I spoke to three Calgarians who were eager Royal University’s journalism program, we aim to tell passionate about since the very beginning. to share their own experiences of growing up black in the untold stories of what is current, trending, and While following the media coverage, I noticed that our city. happening locally. most of the stories about the BLM movement were From the beginning, I knew that I wanted black and Check out the Calgary Journal online at coming out of America, and as a Canadian, I couldn’t white portraits of each of my sources, to show strength, calgaryjournal.ca and nd us on Snapchat, Instagram, fully relate to their lived experiences of being black. vulnerability, and beauty. I felt a portrait would give Twitter, and Facebook at @CalgaryJournal for extra Because we don’t have the same history or culture, I the story a more intimate feel, but also capture the content. 2 MAY/JUNE 2017 CALGARYJOURNAL.CA IN THIS ISSUE + Home Away from Home 32 LENS + Sel es through the Ages 34 Black Lives Matter Here 28 + Dancers Who Don’t Dance 36 + Aftermath: Sexual Assult 38 LIVING&VOICES + Missionaries 40 A&E Summer Festival Guide 21 Aviation Instructors’ Legacies Live on in Students 6 + Uber in Calgary 14 + Divorce Law 10 + Smoking Q&A 16 + Access Denied 11 NEWS + Fort MacMurray Update 12 + Comfort Food 25 TREATY 7 + Treaty 7 Territory 26 + Sweatin’ like a Stamp 17 + Calgary Olympic Venues 18 SPORTS + Best Coach Ever 20 + Social Media Experts 42 SOCIAL+ Instagram Festivals 43 EDITORS-IN-CHIEF + COLIN GALLANT / EMILY ROP FACULTY SUPERVISORS PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR LIVING&VOICES EDITOR + SAM RIDGWAY ARCHIE MCLEAN SALLY HANEY & ADVERTISING NEWS EDITORS + CASSIE TELFORD / BIGOA MACHAR (403) 440-6115 (403) 440-5957 BRAD SIMM LENS EDITOR + OMAR OMAR [email protected] [email protected] (403) 440-6946 SPORTS EDITORS + BRENDAN STASIEWICH / SARAH HARROWER [email protected] A&E EDITORS + KARINA YACEYKO / JAMIE MCNAMARA PRODUCTION EDITORS + MARIA DARDANO / JAN KIRSTYN LOPEZ SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR + BRITTANY SACKSCHEWSKY COVER PHOTO AND DESIGN BY JAN KIRSTYN LOPEZ AND MARY YOHANNES CALGARYJOURNAL.CA MAY/JUNE 2017 3 FOR STARTERS Succlent succotash Market Collective Artisan goods and more. PHOTO BY MIKE TAN MARIA DARDANO [email protected] arket Collective, a local pop-up market, has been giving local artists, artisans, designers No garden or patio is required to grow your own succulents. PHOTO BY THE LOVEBYRD BLOG M and musicians an opportunity to promote their BRITTANY SACKSCHEWSKY [email protected] work with like-minded artists and the people aster being a millennial with an Edible Planters planter (about 12-14 inches in diameter), and if you of Calgary since 2008. Their goal is to build our Mworkshop that teaches you how to grow your don’t have one, you can buy a jute bag or an apple community through arts, and have been very own food and decorate your small space, without a basket for $25. Poppy Innovations teaches you successful in doing so. Catch Market Collective’s patio or an outdoor garden. Learn to create green all you need to know May 10 at the South Health next market will take place on May 5-7 at the arrangements to brighten your room and your plate Campus or May 13 at Calgary Farmer’s Market from Chinese Cultural Centre. while simultaneously lowering your budget and 6PM-7PM. All of this health conscious knowledge for environmental footprint. All you need is your own only $50! A green horizon Hop on over to Beer Fest Widespread composting on its way. PHOTO BY ANDY PELLEW CASSIE TELFORD [email protected] he Green Cart program is set to hit the Calgary International Beer Fest is about more than just imbibing. PHOTO BY PHILIP CORRIVEAU Tstreets of Calgary later this year with single- family homes being the first to receive their JAN KIRSTYN LOPEZ [email protected] bins. This program provides Calgarians with an algary International Beerfest is returning to the include seminars on cooking with beer, ‘Beer 101’ alternative waste solution that is better for the CBMO Center May 5-6. Guests will be able to sample lessons, and a craft distillery district where guests can environment and helps reduce landfill waste over 500 di erent types of beer, plus talk with local connect with breweries and distilleries. Tickets can be by nearly a half. With the implementation restaurants, liquor stores, and other beer enthusiasts found on albertabeerfestivals.com of the new program, the schedule of black from across the country. This year’s event features bin garbage pick up will be reduced to once every two weeks, with the green carts taking its current weekly pickup slot. The reduction of black bin pickup will reduce the cost of the green bin project to $6.50 a month, but the city says Calgarians won’t begin paying those fees until 2018. 4 MAY/JUNE 2017 CALGARYJOURNAL.CA FOR STARTERS Banff kicks the off summer with outdoor music A rush of marathon listings SARAH HARROWER [email protected] et ready to lace up this summer! While there’s no shortage of ways to Gkeep fit and have fun, we’re putting a focus on the many marathon options available now that the snow has finally melted (knock on wood). Here’s a brief listing of different races throughout the city, with most in support of charitable organizations doing good in Calgary. SPRING TRIO TRAIL - BRAGG COLOUR ME RAD FUN RUN 5K CREEK JUNE 24,2017 3K, 5K + 8K APRIL 29, 2017 STAMPEDE ROAD RACE 5K + 10K JULY 9, 2017 CALGARY POLICE 5K RUN + WALK RUGGED MANIAC OBSTACLE APRIL 30, 2017 COURSE RUN JULY 29, 2017 Performance in the Park. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE BANFF CENTRE SPORT CHEK MOTHER’S DAY COLIN GALLANT [email protected] RUN, WALK + RIDE ZOMBIE SURVIVOR OBSTACLE hen you think about Banff, the first things that come to mind are MAY 14, 2017 COURSE RUN Wlikely skiing and snow. However, Banff remains a vibrant hub for fun AUGUST 26, 2017 year round thanks in part to The Banff Centre. Its artist residencies and CONFEDERATION 150 K SOLO + public programming are world-renowned for drawing top talent, and the RELAY CALGARY SPARTAN RACE OBSTA- 2017 edition of their Performance in the Park series continues that tradition. CLE COURSE RACE Headliners Hedley and Walk off the Earth will perform on June 9 and 10, MAY 27, 2017 respectively, in the Cascade Gardens. Tickets are $35 per day, available now AUGUST 12-13, 2017 at thebanffcentre.ca. RUN FOR WATER CALGARY JUNE 10, 2017 Hedley. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST Wanna hit the pavement this summer? Look no further. Walk o the Earth. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTIST CREATIVE COMMONS IMAGE CALGARYJOURNAL.CA MAY/JUNE 2017 5 NEWS Reyn Johnson and Jeff Bird: Their legacy lives on MRU aviation students share their memories of two fl ight instructors killed in plane crash Cole Tuza (left) and Taylor Jackson (right), both Mount Royal University aviation students, stand with one of MRU’s Cessna 172 aircrafts at Springbank Airport. PHOTO BY JAN KIRSTYN LOPEZ Tuza and his instructor did a grid search of the area Tuza grew up in the Waiparous area, so he was able EMILY ROP [email protected] where Johnson and Bird had been practicing, and to contact his father who is on the Ghost River Fire at rst, they didn’t nd anything, so they continued Department and let him know what was going on. t was the early evening of Feb. 13, and Cole Tuza, ying and communicating with Tower.