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The theft happened September 4, 1972. It was Labour Day; the same day Canada’s hockey team won game two against the USSR in the Summit Series. One is remembered in volumes; the other, barely at all.
The two of us were born of the same streets, led by hand through the intersection of Bloor and Bathurst in Toronto, from the Black bookstores to the hair salon to the roti shop. This was a meeting ...
In the wake of Bill C-81, “an act to ensure a barrier free Canada,” and the Canada Council’s accessibility and equity research initiatives, the attention to deaf, disability and mad arts is growing.
Imagine, a few months ago, entering the Great Hall of the Metropolitan Museum of Art: you are flanked by a Hellenistic Greek sculpture to the left and an ancient Egyptian statue to the right; a large ...
Many events this year—such as the expulsion of Russian diplomats in the West and the intense international attention on the Korean peninsula—have suggested the return of a Cold War mentality in Canada ...
Maya Wilson-Sanchez: Many of the archives we visited for this project have an interest in caring for the material past of those in the social network of the (mostly) white men we researched.Their ...
It started in the archive. Two years ago, when artist Kent Monkman began working on “Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience,” opening tonight at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, his ...
“We believe that art is imperative. We believe that art is transformative. We believe that art is labour.” Such is the underpinning ethos of a new labour union in Vancouver set to represent a ...
Deirdre Lee is a poet, performer and maker of art, food, medicines and magic. Her work is intertwined with her complicated and sometimes confusing reality as a racialized, neurodivergent woman, and ...
Richard William Hill continues his explorations of 1980s and 1990s Indigenous art to outline 10 works that changed how we "imagine our place in the world." Note to the reader: I am using this monthly ...
When TikTok’s “For You” page shuffles in a video with A Tribe Called Red blasting in the background, it feels like TikTok’s algorithm, too, is exceptionally aware of its own audiences.Serendipitous ...
As the winter’s cold sets in, I’m reminded that, like many in and around the region, I come from a place that experiences the intensity of all four seasons. My thoughts jump to questions of what the ...