How Canada Uses Indigenous Art to Push a Liberal Agenda Abroad

When the government spotlights Indigenous creators internationally, it too often obscures the realities of colonialism at home. Why Maria Hupfield’s work goes beyond all that

BY Julian Brave NoiseCat

Visual Art

On Patrol With the Canadian Rangers

This Northern military branch is often the first responder in the country’s most remote regions

BY Philip Cheung

Music

How to Make Opera Cool

As interest in traditional performance declines, upstart indie companies are fighting to keep the art form alive

BY Simon Lewsen

The Uneasy Friendship of Poets

What happens when a literary relationship revolves around constantly criticizing each other’s work?

BY Matthew Buckley Smith

Poetry, Place, and Indigenous Identity

Armand Garnet Ruffo and Liz Howard discuss the magic of finding good poems in unlikely places

BY Liz Howard and Armand Garnet Ruffo