We were honoured to take part in the City of Brampton’s Islamic History Month celebration! The evening featured a screening of Youth Pocket Films, a collection of short films created by high school students who participated in Muslim Media Hub’s filmmaking program. Through this program, students explored the roots of Brampton’s Muslim community and uncovered stories of the first mosques, community leaders, and families who helped build the city we know today. During the cele

Four short films. Four new ways of seeing Muslim history in Canada. Join us for the premiere screening  of four original documentaries created by emerging Muslim filmmakers through Muslim Media Hub’s 2025 Short Film Lab . Over ten weeks, they researched community archives, uncovered overlooked histories, and crafted powerful films about the first Muslims who made a life here, including the struggles they faced and the ways they held on to faith and community while finding the

The last 2 days of the Pocket Film journey brought participants to Brampton City Hall , where they edited their projects and met Mayor Patrick Brown. It was a powerful moment recognizing their hard work and creativity. The same youth who once hesitated to touch a camera were now refining their own films, adjusting sound, cutting scenes, and finalizing their stories for public screening. The meeting with the Mayor symbolized something deeper: an acknowledgment that Muslim yout