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Image: Anna Binta Diallo, Black Cowboy, 2020. Collage printed on Photo-Tex Adhesive Fabric. 23 x 13 inches. Courtesy the artist and the Towards Gallery in Toronto, ON.
Dismantling the Myth of the Hero
In a world dominated by heroes, difference is not tolerated. Read more
Why White People Are Funny
Review of "Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny" Zebedee Nungak and Mark Sandiford. Read more
The Becoming of Vancouver
Review of "Becoming Vancouver: A History" by Daniel Francis. Read more
Flying the Coop
You can’t break eggs without making an omelette. Read more

Image: Dan Brault, Praedonum Evangelium, 2014. Acrylique sur toile, 50 x 46 in. Courtesy the artist and La Galerie 3, Québec City, QC.
Achilles and the Lusitan Tortoise
“Have patience” and “Tomorrow” are two inseparable locutions in the Portuguese tongue. Read more
New Normal Board Games
Use the board games you unearthed during isolation to reinvent classic games for our times. Read more
Church on Queen
Here they are our people. Read more
B for Beatrice
Patty Osborne on wacky kid tales and the joy of animated storytelling. Read more
Roads to Nowhere
Michael Hayward on dharma trails, lawless landscapes and Hemingway's corner table. Read more

Cover of "Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential School" by Celia Haig-Brown (Arsenal Pulp Press), 1989
Resistance and Relentlessness
The long road to decency and justice. Read more

Cover of "Resistance and Renewal: Surviving the Indian Residential School" by Celia Haig-Brown (Arsenal Pulp Press), 1989
Resistance and Renewal
After hearing survivors’ stories, nothing can ever surprise me. Read more
Dirty Dirty Gets Down to the Nitty Gritty
Jill Mandrake on Mississippi Live & the Dirty Dirty, a Southern rock band in East Vancouver. Read more

Photo by Cédéric Michaud: Suzie Beauchemin, André Paiement and Marcel Aymar on tour with LeThéâtre de Nouvel-Ontario, 1973.
All in the Same CANO
For a brief period the band CANO gave shape to the dream of a bilingual Canadian culture. Read more
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