Sovereignty from the North
Canada is asleep at the post in the Arctic
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What’s the Point of “Pretendian” Investigations?
The latest revelation, about Buffy Sainte-Marie, is convincing, damning, and strikingly incomplete
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The Darker Side of Leonard Cohen
How the myth of the male genius shields our cultural heroes from scrutiny
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The Best Thing I Could Do for Climate Change Was Go Home
I was making gelato and living large in Vancouver, but something was missing. Then I returned to Old Crow, Yukon
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Rethinking Uncertainty in an Insecure Age
Our world is becoming more unsettled in many troubling ways. In others, it is not nearly unsettled enough
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Canada’s National Parks Are Colonial Crime Scenes
Many see wilderness as a right of citizenship. But the concept of Canada as untouched nature is unrecognizable to Indigenous people
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At Ninety-One, Alanis Obomsawin Is Not Ready to Put Down Her Camera
She revolutionized cinema and is inspiring the next generation of Indigenous filmmakers
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It’s High Time We Brought Home Indigenous Remains and Belongings
Millions of items were removed from Indigenous communities and are now held by Canadian museums and institutions
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Ned Blackhawk’s Rediscovery Challenges the Old Stories of America
A new book shines a light on how Indigenous nations resisted—and shaped—settler society in the US
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When the Pope Came to Canada
One year ago, Pope Francis visited Canada to apologize for residential schools. What difference did the trip actually make?
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