Halifax is one of my favourite cities. Steeped in history but brimming with a youthful vitality from universities and an art college, it's a paradoxical place: rough and tumble, progressive and old-fashioned.

Zarqa Nawaz is used to straddling two cultures. She's Muslim, with a Pakistani background. She grew up in Toronto but now lives in Regina. In 2007 she created the CBC sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie and she's just written a book called Laughing All the Way to the Mosque.

Sierra Noble went from being a girl afraid to speak to being a young woman performing her music all over the world.

SC Mira grew up listening to music by Joni Mitchell and Fleetwood Mac. Although she wasn't too keen on that music at the time, she realizes now that it had an influence on her approach to creating music of her own.

When Dr. Francis Amara set up an inner city city lab several years ago, the U of M scientist from Sierra Leone had a vision. He wanted to get kids hooked on science, and hopefully, help them achieve their dreams of going into it.

A cyclist from Yorkshire England has spent 19 months travelling 34,000 kilometers over four continents and 32 countries. All he wants to do is spread his message.

The folk ensemble has travelled all around the world and this summer they will go to Israel for the second time.