It’s been an unbelievably hard week for me as a black person and black journalist in Canada. At times, I felt like I couldn’t breathe. Dealing with the trauma of seeing #GeorgeFloyd
And in top of that, reporting on the dead of a young man who drowned in Regina

His family said Sawmuel Uko, 20, didn’t receive the mental health services he needed and took his own life. This happened in Saskatchewan

As a black woman on the #Prairies, it generally feels isolating and alienating.

I’ve been black on the Prairies for 20 years & honestly all my fibres are tired. I called Saskatchewan home but it doesn’t feel like home. I’ve been called the n-word many times. It stings every time. I’ve hesitated for years to talk about it publicly. But now, it feels necessary