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How traditional Greenlandic mask dance has helped an Inuit performance artist tell her stories

Beatrice Paez

Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory is known for appearances in Tanya Tagaq's videos and her own body-positive performances

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What it means to be a Canadian living without ID

Megan Marrelli

Dan McLaughlin lived 15 years without government identification—and thousands of others just like him exist across the country

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This new initiative out of Newfoundland could make navigating frozen waters safer for Canadians

Sohini Bhattacharya

SmartIce, a project between the Inuit community, the Nunatsiavut government, and Memorial University, uses high-tech sensors to monitor and track changes in sea ice

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Q&A: Award-winning Indigenous artist Shelley Niro

Anqi Shen

On her start, working with family, and working in multiple mediums

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I’ve lived with Borderline Personality Disorder for years. Why I’m finally talking about my diagnosis.

Erica Ruth Kelly

Erica Ruth Kelly was diagnosed in her teens, but stigma has kept her quiet—even amid calls for more acceptance of mental health challenges

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New film takes a much-needed glance into Canada’s uncomfortable past with racism and slavery

Melissa Gonik

An inside look at Howard J. Davis's C'est Moi

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Thousands of Canadian women are dismissed by their doctors—because of their gender

Talia Wooldridge

Lisa Benshabat was told by doctors that things were "all in her head" when she was unwell. Then she took her life. Why women are routinely silenced by medical professionals

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REVIEW: New novel explores survivors’ realities in the Second World War

Pema Tsering

The Water Beetles was inspired by author Michael Kaan's own family history

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Two poems by Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

From her third book, Whatever, Iceberg

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Canadians should care about nuclear contamination in the Great Lakes

Andrew Reeves

What you should know about its ecological and health effects

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REVIEW: An honest exploration of a decade at a residential school

Maria Siassina

Arthur Bear Chief's new book explores his 10 years at Old Sun Residential School

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Q&A: Renu Mandhane of the Ontario Human Rights Commission

Carine Abouseif

The chief commissioner on the fight to end solitary confinement in provincial jails

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How to write the perfect book inscription

Grace O'Connell

Consider it a gift within a gift

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Should Canadians still pledge their allegiance to the Queen?

Julienne Bay

For some, the British monarch doesn’t represent their values—or the country they call home

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REVIEW: In Terri Favro’s debut novel, science fiction meets comic book artistry in the nuclear age

Aaron Broverman

Inside ECW's release Sputnik's Children

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Linda Christina Redgrave: One year after Jian Ghomeshi’s acquittal, I’m keeping the conversation going

Linda Christina Redgrave

She was Witness 1 in Ghomeshi's trial. She feared the dialogue around sexual assault would fizzle out. It's not.

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Inside the struggle queer, Indigenous couples must overcome to start a family

Steph Wechsler

There are only 20 Canadian anonymous sperm donors. None of them are Indigenous. What are LGBTQ families to do?

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