Raptors, Race, and Belonging

October 22, 2019October 23, 2019 - by Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓

How the 2019 NBA championship helped create a vision for a new nation

Democracy / November 2019 / Politics

We Need Indigenous Wisdom to Survive the Apocalypse

October 17, 2019October 18, 2019 - by Julian Brave NoiseCat

The Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace offers a chance to avert ecological, cultural, and political crisis

A woman wearing a hijab and a long dress standing with her hand on a blue table in a fenced-in area

Democracy / October 2019 / Politics

Syria’s Democratic Project Is Under Threat

October 15, 2019October 17, 2019 - by Jean-François Lemire

In Rojava, the Kurdish community strives for stability in the midst of civil war

A comic book panel depicting a conversation between the prime minister and a superhero, in a room full of technological equipment

Arts & Culture / Comics

The Secret Lives of Canadian Superheroes

October 11, 2019October 15, 2019 - by Corey Mintz

Marvel’s Alpha Flight made Canada cool in the 1980s. Following the Raptors’ championship win, the comic is back

Jody Wilson-Raybould speaking into a crowd of media microphones

Democracy / Politics

What Jody Wilson-Raybould Really Thinks

October 8, 2019October 17, 2019 - by Brian J. Barth

The newly independent candidate on Indigenous governance, SNC-Lavalin, and whether she wants the prime minister’s job

A girl lays on her back pointing up at clouds in the shapes of letters.

Language / October 2019

Why Language Is Cool

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 - by Yann Martel

Words are as close to immortality as you’ll ever get

Overlapping silhouettes of people's heads.

Democracy / Politics

The “Ethnic Vote” Is a Myth

October 1, 2019October 17, 2019 - by Supriya Dwivedi

There’s no data to suggest visible minorities and immigrants vote the same partisan way

Vector drawing of the chief justice with her hands folded over a lecturn

Justice / October 2019

How Canada’s First Female Chief Justice Helped Define the Country’s Rights and Freedoms

September 25, 2019December 5, 2019 - by Rachel Giese

Beverley McLachlin presided over some of the most pivotal cases in Canadian legal history

Green party Leader Elizabeth May waves to her supporters

Democracy / Politics

The Green Party Is Poised for a Breakthrough

September 24, 2019December 19, 2019 - by Don LePan

But they’ll have to beat the NDP to do it

Democracy / October 2019 / Politics

Can Jane Philpott Change Politics?

September 24, 2019December 17, 2019 - by Jason McBride

After her ousting from the Liberal Party, the unlikely renegade decided to run as an independent candidate in the 2019 federal election. Why she hopes it will reshape our democratic landscape