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Poetry

Robyn Sarah’s Exquisitely Untrendy Poetry

October 31, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Anita Lahey

The Montreal poet’s timeless world of leaves, rain, snow, wind, sidewalks and shadows

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Building Cultural Intelligence For a More Sustainable Canada

October 23, 2017December 13, 2019 - by Andrew Chunilall - CEO - Community Foundations of Canada

With the rise of populism and nativism around the world, it’s more important than ever for Canadians to build more inclusive communities in this interconnected world.

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Arts & Culture

Why Canada’s New Cultural Policy Will Be Terrible for the Arts

October 3, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Ira Wells

Turning artists into tech entrepreneurs is a triumph of Silicon Valley values

Education

With Trump, a New Case for Why the Humanities Still Matter

February 1, 2017May 22, 2023 - by Robert Archambeau

On studying the nature of truth in the age of alternative facts

Society

The Moores of Scotland

August 12, 2015April 10, 2020 - by John Moore

I don’t know why I settled on Aberdeen, aside from the fact that it’s close to my favourite distillery

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September 2014

Finding the Words

September 9, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Eric Andrew-Gee

Linda Gaboriau’s struggle to translate a hit Quebec play

October 2009

The Secret

October 12, 2009October 11, 2019 - by Brett Grainger

The Group of Seven’s infatuation with the occult mysticism of Madame Blavatsky

Arts & Culture / November 2005

Behind the Cotton Curtain

November 12, 2005May 20, 2020 - by Tabatha Southey

The hazards of cross-cultural bra shopping

Arts & Culture / February/March 2004

The Culture of Enterprise

February 12, 2004May 14, 2022 - by Václav Havel

It’s high time we understood profit as an instrument of creativity, not as an end in itself

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Robyn Sarah’s Exquisitely Untrendy Poetry

Building Cultural Intelligence For a More Sustainable Canada

Why Canada’s New Cultural Policy Will Be Terrible for the Arts

With Trump, a New Case for Why the Humanities Still Matter

The Moores of Scotland

Finding the Words

The Secret

Behind the Cotton Curtain

The Culture of Enterprise

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