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The Unkindest Cut: The Editor, Crime Wave, and Canadian Film

New films have turned a crafty treatment of cultural anxiety into a distinguishing trait of Canadian filmmaking. 

Negotiating a Black Vernacular in Children’s Literature

Shauntay Grant on what makes language sing in North Preston, NS. 

John Lorinc: The City in Four Dimensions

What can urban history teach us about the cities we live in right now?

Magna Carta: From Medieval England to Canada Today

How an obscure thirteenth century charter became the foundation document in the history of democracy, law, and human rights.

Beyond the Books: Canadian History in the Digital Age

The future holds new and exciting ways to present and package history to Canadians.

Rona Maynard on Mental Illness and the REAL Talking Cure

Public perceptions of mental illness have changed enormously in just the last two decades. 

Rona Maynard on Mental Illness and the REAL Talking Cure

Public perceptions of mental illness have changed enormously in just the last two decades. 

Angela Sterritt: The Legacy of Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada

For many Indigenous people, the vicious slaying of Tina Fontaine was just one more tragedy among the close to 1200 women documented as murdered or missing …

Stuart Henderson: Why Lessons of 1960s' Counterculture Still Matter Today

A near-forgotten 1960s' film encapsulates ideas we're still grappling with about how to build a better world. 

Chris Turner: The History of Climate Change

"We live in the age of climate change. Every story is a climate change story. Climate change is not an issue, but rather the roiling sea in which all …

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