Book Review
Monia Mazigh
| In her book, Natasha Bakht delves into the lived experiences of Muslim women who wear the niqab and documents the discrimination they face in Canada's legal and political systems. |
Book Review
Karen Burson
| Paul Weinberg's collection of essays features writing by some of Hamilton's most engaged, passionate, and articulate citizens. |
News
Karl Nerenberg
| "The Crown" never mentions Canada, but in real life, Canada and its prime minister played a crucial role at the 1985 Commonwealth meeting dramatized in an episode. |
Podcast
Victoria Fenner
| Making video games and other forms of online entertainment are keeping media artists busy during this time. Two video game designers and a D.O.P. for film tell us how COVID is affecting them. |
Podcast
Victoria Fenner
| Tricia Robinson is an illustrator, labour organizer and activist from Montreal who has found some new depths to her work and her life during COVID-19. |
Podcast
Scott Neigh
| Terry McDowell talks about the work of Strike Poster, a collective of radical artists and graphic designers in Winnipeg. |
Podcast
Victoria Fenner
| Classical musicians Maxime Despax and Yanet Campbell talk about performances, livestreams and ways of adapting during the pandemic. Also -- we hear some of their music. |
Podcast
David Peck
| Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer talk about their new film "Fireball," curiosity, mystery, micro meteorites and the oldest thing in the universe. |
Podcast
Victoria Fenner
| Kimberly Edgar talks about the isolation of Dawson City, Yukon, and how being up north in a small community has helped their art to flourish during COVID-19, in Episode 2 of "My Art Wears a Mask." |
Columnists
June Chua
| "The Donut King" tells the rags-to-riches-to-rags story of Ted Ngoy, blended with the tragedy of the Cambodian civil war, and glazed by the fascinating rise of doughnut shops in America. |
Book Review
Daniel Aureliano Newman
| A new book captures the wonders of concrete but equivocates on the damage it does to the environment. |
Blog
Krystalline Kraus
| "The Witches" is a fantasy, but the potential for Anne Hathaway's portrayal of the Grand High Witch to cause real-life pain for people with disabilities is still there. |