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A photo illustration of a bust of Ukrainian poet and artist Taras Shevchenko dotted with bullet holes in Borodianka, Ukraine. Behind the bust is a blue sky with a yellow cross-stitched pattern in the lower half to resemble the Ukrainian flag.
July/August 2023 / World

The Other Front: Ukraine’s Cultural Revolution

July 20, 2023July 24, 2023 - by Sarah Lawrynuik

As the country fights for its right to exist, Ukrainians at home and abroad are embracing their language, literature, and heroic figures

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How a Century of Turmoil in Russia and Ukraine Shaped My Family

August 23, 2022February 24, 2023 - by Bogdan Pospielovsky

Since 1917, my kin have fled and returned, only to leave again. Will Putin’s war stop us from ever going back?

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Current Affairs / July/August 2022

What Justin Trudeau Can Learn about Nuclear Diplomacy from His Father

July 15, 2022July 21, 2022 - by Paul Webster

Canada once led the fight for a world without nukes. What happened?

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Current Affairs / June 2022

What Impact Did Canada’s Military Have on Ukrainian Resistance?

April 26, 2022April 28, 2022 - by Sarah Lawrynuik

Canadian soldiers helped train more than 30,000 of their Ukrainian counterparts. Many are left wondering about their legacy

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Current Affairs

What Is the Point of Cancelling Russian Artists?

April 14, 2022April 28, 2022 - by Katia Grubisic

Scrapped tours and broken contracts won’t hurt Vladimir Putin

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Current Affairs

Ask a Refugee Expert: How Will War in Ukraine Impact Immigration?

March 14, 2022June 9, 2022 - by Christina Clark-Kazak

Russia’s invasion is likely to spark the largest refugee movement in Europe since the end of the Second World War

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December 2019 / Sports

How the World Anti-Doping Agency Betrays Honest Athletes

November 13, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Curtis Gillespie

When the highest authority on cheating is compromised, what happens to athletes who play by the rules?

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How Vladimir Putin’s Regime Uses the Climate Crisis to Get Rich

September 4, 2019January 10, 2020 - by Paul Watson

The Russian president and his business allies are exploiting the warming Arctic to amass natural resources, wealth, and power

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December 2018 / Politics

Could the Russians Decide Canada’s Next Prime Minister?

November 21, 2018June 2, 2020 - by Justin Ling

Why the upcoming federal election isn’t safe from manipulation by Moscow

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Books

The Biographer’s Story

September 24, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Rosemary Sullivan

On writing Stalin’s Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva

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