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In the early 1950s, 22-year-old Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk began compiling Inuktitut phrases as a language guide for missionaries. She then created fictional characters and began imagining their lives during a period of profound change. Those stories would eventually become Sanaaq, the first novel written in Inuktitut syllabics in Canada. This story is also available in French and Inuktitut.

Nothing seems to make a city politician’s eyes light up like the promise of the smart city. In his latest book, Dream States, journalist John Lorinc questions whether smart technologies live up to the hype and whether ultimately smart cities serve the interests of city dwellers or big tech companies.

What are universities for? Where have they gone wrong? What are they doing right? And what do they owe the public? Those were just some of the questions put to university educators and renowned scholars at a public discussion hosted by the University of Regina. You'll also hear voices from students past, present and possibly future on what the purpose of a university means to them.

Seit sie denken kann, ist Susan Neiman erklärte Linke. Doch seit wann ist die Linke woke? In ihrer von Leidenschaft und Witz befeuerten Streitschrift untersucht sie, wie zeitgenössische Stimmen, die sich als links bezeichnen, ausgerechnet die Überzeugungen aufgegeben haben, die für den linken Standpunkt entscheidend sind

Here are the Canadian nonfiction books we are excited about this season.

After the faculty of philosophy in Frankfurt rejected his dissertation and dashed his hopes for an academic career, the Marxist critic found work as a radio broadcaster. 

In the age of fake news, social media has become weaponized by authoritarian leaders — and a threat to democracies around the world. Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa and Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert discuss the dangers of online impunity and why we all have a role to play in the fight against disinformation.

It was 25 years ago today that the Good Friday peace agreement was signed, yet the so-called peace walls remain in Northern Ireland. Host Nahlah Ayed went to Belfast to find out if the walls are helping or hindering community reconciliation between Catholic and Protestant, Republican and Unionist.

Vera von Bogen-Cormier of Waterloo, Ont., is in the United Kingdom to take in the coronation festivities, while Jamie Hill of St. Agatha says he'll watch it all unfold on his TV, enjoying scones in his pyjamas.

The world’s media will have their eyes on the historic event, with plans for special broadcast schedules