I especially worry about the ways Canadians can be glib about our supposed difference from the US in our "acceptance" of "diversity."

I think white artists have a responsibility to be not only naming white supremacy, but to be using their power and privilege to support artists of color.

I tend to focus less on genre as a starting point and more on idea or intention and let the idea dictate genre.

Now is not the time for Canadians to be sanctimonious. It is time for us to be prudent and active.

If anything, I have witnessed the ways my art travels, or is rendered more accessible, when sanctioned by or connected to white artists.

I would love to see more dialogue around the "responsibilities" of art consumers - how can audiences better financially support artists we love, artists who are doing the work, so that artists have a more solid foundation upon which to make art?

It's exciting to consider how art, in its ability to reveal, can be ahead of the artist.