Kim Roberts

scripts or pieces of work and we'd work with each other and then we'd critique each other as actors you know and um you just kind of got to find it wherever you can as a kid you know my cousins used to make us um not make us but my cousin used to direct us in his performances at summer so june you know school's out and be like here's a raising in the sun learn it we're doing it in september for the family that was my family right so um it was kind of like that

scripts or pieces of work and we'd work with each other and then we'd critique each other as actors you know and um you just kind of got to find it wherever you can as a kid you know my cousins used to make us um not make us but my cousin used to direct us in his performances at summer so june you know school's out and be like here's a raising in the sun learn it we're doing it in september for the family that was my family right so um it was kind of like that

I don't think I did. Honestly, I think I really didn't. I mean, it was something I did because I loved it. I always joined the drama clubs. I always took part in the school plays, whatever was going right, because I loved doing it. But when I went to school, I, you know, I come from a West Indian Caribbean household, first generation Canadian.

I don't think I did. Honestly, I think I really didn't. I mean, it was something I did because I loved it. I always joined the drama clubs. I always took part in the school plays, whatever was going right, because I loved doing it. But when I went to school, I, you know, I come from a West Indian Caribbean household, first generation Canadian.

I don't think I did. Honestly, I think I really didn't. I mean, it was something I did because I loved it. I always joined the drama clubs. I always took part in the school plays, whatever was going right, because I loved doing it. But when I went to school, I, you know, I come from a West Indian Caribbean household, first generation Canadian.

So, you know, as far as my mother was concerned, I had to be a lawyer or a doctor. Those are the options. And, you know, and when I was 12, I decided it would be doctor. And then I reached my mid teens. I was like, I don't like blood so much. So maybe we'll do lawyer. And so I went to university. I went to the University of Western Ontario, which is now just Western.

So, you know, as far as my mother was concerned, I had to be a lawyer or a doctor. Those are the options. And, you know, and when I was 12, I decided it would be doctor. And then I reached my mid teens. I was like, I don't like blood so much. So maybe we'll do lawyer. And so I went to university. I went to the University of Western Ontario, which is now just Western.

So, you know, as far as my mother was concerned, I had to be a lawyer or a doctor. Those are the options. And, you know, and when I was 12, I decided it would be doctor. And then I reached my mid teens. I was like, I don't like blood so much. So maybe we'll do lawyer. And so I went to university. I went to the University of Western Ontario, which is now just Western.

And I majored in poli sci, politics, and I minored in philosophy, which I actually adored. Like if there was a career in philosophy, that would be another choice. And, you know, the thing about it was at that time, you know, in hindsight now, I can see some of the reasons why. But at that time, I just thought I was a bad kid because I didn't like to go to school. I wouldn't wake up in the morning.

And I majored in poli sci, politics, and I minored in philosophy, which I actually adored. Like if there was a career in philosophy, that would be another choice. And, you know, the thing about it was at that time, you know, in hindsight now, I can see some of the reasons why. But at that time, I just thought I was a bad kid because I didn't like to go to school. I wouldn't wake up in the morning.

And I majored in poli sci, politics, and I minored in philosophy, which I actually adored. Like if there was a career in philosophy, that would be another choice. And, you know, the thing about it was at that time, you know, in hindsight now, I can see some of the reasons why. But at that time, I just thought I was a bad kid because I didn't like to go to school. I wouldn't wake up in the morning.

Yeah. You know, I kind of make my midday classes, maybe. I played a lot of backgammon with my roommates till like 4 a.m. and then was too tired for class. But, you know, it's interesting, a group of us who were kids of color at Western, now, you know, many years later, kind of formed an association called BAWA, which is Black at Western, to help out students with bursaries and support.

Yeah. You know, I kind of make my midday classes, maybe. I played a lot of backgammon with my roommates till like 4 a.m. and then was too tired for class. But, you know, it's interesting, a group of us who were kids of color at Western, now, you know, many years later, kind of formed an association called BAWA, which is Black at Western, to help out students with bursaries and support.

Yeah. You know, I kind of make my midday classes, maybe. I played a lot of backgammon with my roommates till like 4 a.m. and then was too tired for class. But, you know, it's interesting, a group of us who were kids of color at Western, now, you know, many years later, kind of formed an association called BAWA, which is Black at Western, to help out students with bursaries and support.

And in talking to each other, I realized that I wasn't alone. We were all feeling really isolated by being just like, you know, one group. kid of color in your whole class, right? Like there may be three to four hundred black kids on campus out of many thousands. And you talk about that first year experience, frosh week and all that bonding.

And in talking to each other, I realized that I wasn't alone. We were all feeling really isolated by being just like, you know, one group. kid of color in your whole class, right? Like there may be three to four hundred black kids on campus out of many thousands. And you talk about that first year experience, frosh week and all that bonding.

And in talking to each other, I realized that I wasn't alone. We were all feeling really isolated by being just like, you know, one group. kid of color in your whole class, right? Like there may be three to four hundred black kids on campus out of many thousands. And you talk about that first year experience, frosh week and all that bonding.

But I didn't really get invited to a lot of those things. Right. And what happened is you had the Caribbean Students Organization, which formed its own kind of nucleus. And we'd have parties and events and cook and It became a family. We became a family to this day. They're still my family. You know, I'm auntie to everybody's kids and vice versa. And it's strong and it's beautiful.

But I didn't really get invited to a lot of those things. Right. And what happened is you had the Caribbean Students Organization, which formed its own kind of nucleus. And we'd have parties and events and cook and It became a family. We became a family to this day. They're still my family. You know, I'm auntie to everybody's kids and vice versa. And it's strong and it's beautiful.

But I didn't really get invited to a lot of those things. Right. And what happened is you had the Caribbean Students Organization, which formed its own kind of nucleus. And we'd have parties and events and cook and It became a family. We became a family to this day. They're still my family. You know, I'm auntie to everybody's kids and vice versa. And it's strong and it's beautiful.