Searching for Serafim: The Life and Legacy of Serafim "Joe" Fortes - Paperback
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Searching for Serafim: The Life and Legacy of Serafim "Joe" Fortes
The life and legacy of Serafim "Joe" Fortes, a trailblazing Black lifeguard, who became a cultural icon in a racist society
Searching for Serafim is a layered exploration of the life of Serafim "Joe" Fortes. A Trinidad native who arrived on the shores of Canada in 1885, Fortes was heralded as a hero in Vancouver for saving dozens of people from drowning as the city's first lifeguard, and his...
Ruby Smith Díaz is an Afro Latina multidisciplinary artist, educator, and award-winning body-positive personal trainer. Her experiences growing up in a migrant, poor, single-parent family in amiskwaciy (Edmonton, AB) have inspired her to dedicate her life's work to exploring and addressing issues of equity and social justice. Ruby currently resides on the unceded territories of the Stz'uminus...
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