Award-winning artist, Vanessa Ferlaino, talks about headlining Transform The Night and how it all came to be with opening act, DJ Seith, and speaker, Karen Bird, Founder of Nakehndan. Transform The Night was a benefit concert held on Sunday, September 28th, 2025, raising 3K for Indigenous communities in Northern Ontario, with support from Northern Credit Union.

Injustice comes in many forms in Hebron, the largest city in The West Bank, and the epicentre of The Arab-Israeli Conflict. Jehad’s Palestinian culture is something he has been able to explore deeper in Canada where he is free from the Israeli occupation. In this episode, Jehad shares how Palestinian culture has been deeply embedded in his advocacy work; his experiences living through occupation and genocide; and ultimately, what he believes is the road to liberation for all.

In 2012, Karen Bird’s life took a turn; her teenage daughter disclosed she had been sexually abused. "Mother Of A Survivor" shows the eleven-year healing journey of a mother and her family, leading to the creation of Nakehndan, a non-profit weaving Indigenous and modern healing modalities for sexual abuse survivors to heal as a family unit.

Bayan left Aleppo, Syria when she was 7 years old, after her father escaped from prison for protesting The Assad Regime. Bayan’s activism in Canada includes translating a powerful memoir of human rights violations in Syria, community organization, and co-founding The Syrian Canadian Foundation.