If you do not have a TIkTok account, you may want to open one purely to follow the lipsyncing phenom who tapped into an underappreciated group - middle aged women.
Posted: Apr 25, 2021 3:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 25
(Clockwise from top left) Carol LaFayette-Boyd, Devon Clunis, Pamela Parker, Rosalind Smith, the Pilgrim Baptist Church and Christine Lwanga all broke barriers on the Prairies.(Submitted)
This story is part of the Black on the Prairies project, a collection of articles, personal essays, images and more, exploring the past, present and future of Black life in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
They re Black. They re trailblazers. They re Prairie firsts.
These Black Prairie firsts sit among the leaders that have shattered glass ceilings in their respective professions. These stellar Canadians and one long-standing church have not only put down roots across the Prairie landscape, they have made deep imprints in Prairie history.
From New York s fashion scene to social work in the North: Inuvialuit model looks homeward
After travelling the world and modelling for heavy-hitters such as Canada Goose, New Balance, Sony and Prada, Willow Allen of Inuvik, N.W.T., has taken a step back to focus on her studies.
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Posted: Jan 24, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 24
In the last couple of years, Inuvik s Willow Allen has done modelling stints in Singapore, New York and Toronto.(Submitted by Willow Allen)
It s been a whirlwind couple of years for Willow Allen.
The 22-year-old Inuvialuit woman, originally from Inuvik, N.W.T., launched an unexpected modelling career a couple of years ago after an agency spotted her on social media.
up. here s some more as you had said colors which is the tail, right? right. more of this, this debris field is just huge. it s massive. how do you as a crash investigator begin to map this to then begin removing it? do you remember when we were doing the mh-370 and did drift mode models, it s not unlike that mapping where each of those pieces are. you can impact them backwards and figure out from the impact point where these pieces came from and that gives you a clue as to at what angle the aircraft may have impacted and how it went into the ground. it also tells you a lot about speed. right here you can see landing gear. you see it right there. a piece of landing gear right there. that s telling us that it didn t burn. so that tells us that was it such an impact that it extinguished itself as it impacted or because if that burnt, that is made of magnesium, it would be smoking.