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Opening the world’s eyes on Ukrainian culture

by Dave Hazzan, writer and academic, completing his PhD in History at York University What is an artist’s role in a time of war? Does the artist even have a role, or does their work get lost in a time of mass devastation? Gregory Hlady, a Ukrainian...

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Narration et force: voix du théâtre autochtone du Canada

All of this year’s Big Thinking events consider how the arts function as a platform to engage with scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Organizers were inspired by three big questions: Who speaks for whom? Whose stories get told? And...

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In conversation with Esi Edugyan

Watch two-time Giller Prize winner Esi Edugyan in conversation with Dr. Minelle Mahtani as they discuss Edugyan’s fiction and issues of history, race, creativity, the nature of freedom, and voice.
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Looking back on three centuries of shared life in North America

In revisiting the mechanisms that led to the decimation and expropriation of the peoples of North America, authors Denys Delâge , a specialist on Indigenous peoples, and Jean-Philippe Warren , a specialist on French Canadian society, paint a portrait...

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Indigenous resilience as seen through lacrosse

At this time of year, the Cayuga nation is generally getting ready for a special occasion: its annual lacrosse game. This event may seem insignificant to some, but as we learn in The Creator’s Game , it is of great significance indeed for many First...

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De Marie de l’Incarnation à Nelly Arcan

Lorsque j’ai entrepris les recherches pour ce qui allait devenir De Marie de l’Incarnation à Nelly Arcan: se dire, se faire par l’écriture intime , je me proposais d’écrire une histoire de l’autobiographie féminine au Québec, des origines à nos jours...

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Donald Creighton: A Life in History

I first "met" Donald Creighton when, as an undergraduate, I was assigned a couple of chapters from his two-volume biography of Sir John A. Macdonald. Instantly hooked by his ability to transport readers back in time, I knew that I was in the presence...