Kardeisha grew up in North Preston, Nova Scotia, one of Canada's oldest black communities, where her family has lived for generations.

"It didn't look like this 400 years ago. It was nothing. They had to learn how to farm here, they had to learn how to survive in the winter here, which happened with natives that lived here...They basically thrived and created this place. So it feels like I’m privileged to be able to walk the roads here and be part of this land and call it my home.

"My grandmother has lived here her whole life, she was born here, her parents were born here - it goes back like that. North Preston is as deep as it gets for me.

"Some people will be from the Caribbean, some people will be from other islands or Africa - it goes deeper for them. For me, I only know here, I only know North Preston. So when people say ‘where are you from?’ I’m from Nova Scotia, I’m from North Preston. My roots are here."

She adds: "We’re isolated from other people so we get to react and connect with each other here without interruptions. So that’s why it’s so rich in culture and so rich in everything because we have this community to be ourselves - to express who I am and learn about being a black person and not having to apologise for doing that here because everyone else is doing that too."