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Photo of a Black man with dreadlocks breakdancing, blurred in motion, with a sunset in the background.

Breakdancing is now an Olympic sport. But Frankie Perez wants to show the world that breaking still thrives in the streets

Arts & Culture / July/August 2022

How Canada’s Bob Dylan Ended up a Taxi Driver

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 - by Marcello Di Cintio

Poet and songwriter Bill Hawkins rubbed elbows with Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, and other stars. Why didn’t he become one himself?

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Podcasts

Our Culture is at a Tipping Point

December 1, 2021December 15, 2021 - by Devyani Saltzman

S3E11 of The Conversation Piece Podcast

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Film / July/August 2021

The Making of Moonstruck

June 28, 2021October 18, 2021 - by Ira Wells

The 1987 rom-com starring Cher and Nicolas Cage seemed doomed to fail. Director Norman Jewison turned it into a modern classic

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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

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

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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