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Canadian artists fear backlash for speaking on Israel-Palestine Canadian artists fear backlash for speaking on Israel-Palestine Thousands signed petitions but many fear losing work or being labelled anti-Semitic By Radheyan Simonpillai Brennan Suche Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at Yonge-Dundas Square on May 22 to protest Israeli government actions in Gaza Documentary filmmaker and activist John Greyson, writer Rinaldo Walcott, and musicians Mustafa and Broken Social Scene are amo...

Cancon music aficionados are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Canada’s Juno Awards. Known variously in Juno history as “Best Single,” “Best Selling Single,” and now “Single of the Year,” this award always garners attention. The Junos and sometimes controversial Canadian content regulations came into being at around the same time to promote Canadian culture to Canadians. Whatever the award’s name, the winning song emphasizes Canada’s place on pop music’s world stage. Refl...

Macleans earns 17 National Magazine Awards nominations Writers, editors, designers and photographers were all nominees—and Macleans is also up for best magazine When the National Magazine Awards released the list of finalists for its 2021 awards,  Maclean’s was nominated in 13 different categories that honour feature and profile writing, columns, photojournalism and design—every corner of the magazine’s newsroom.  Maclean’s is also up for best magazine in the news, business and gen...

Rinaldo Walcott locates his contribution to the Field Notes series on current issues, On Property, in the present political moment, while using historical references and events to argue for the abolition of police and property. For Walcott, a professor at the University of Toronto whose research areas include Black diaspora cultural studies, “property is a problem.” Using the “communal philosophy and anti-capitalist stance” of Rastafarianism and “ideas expounded by radical Black femi...

Exhibition presents work by Phoebe Boswell while she was sequestered at home during the UKs lockdown Phoebe Boswell, Notes on a Lockdown: World View VI, 2021. Pastel on paper, 44 1/8 x 32 1/8 in. NEW YORK, NY .-Sapar Contemporary announces Still Life: A Taxonomy of Being, the gallery’s second solo exhibition of work by Phoebe Boswell. The exhibition features 49 drawings, watercolors, and pastels created between December 2020 and April 2021, while Boswell was sequestered at home during the UK’...

by Leonie Rushforth I recently received an email invitation to attend a special meeting of members of the Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust. The invitation came from the Trust Secretary but didn’t contain a link to the meeting I was being invited to attend. Instead I was directed to click on a link leading to a second more detailed letter from the same Trust Secretary, which asked me to follow a link to the Council of Governors website page and scroll until I found the registratio...

 was edited by Rodney Diverlus, Sandy Hudson and Syrus Marcus Ware. (not applicable)22:31Rodney Diverlus on Black Lives Matter and living as a black man todayDiverlus is the co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto. He spoke with CBC News about the Toronto Pride Parade protest and the state of racism in North America.22:31 Angry Queer Somali Boy is a memoir by Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali.(Philip Sutherland, University of Regina Press) Angry Queer Somali Boy is a memoir by Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali...

SHARES Please note that Tyee Barometer polls are only intended as a quick and engaging non-scientific snapshot of our readers opinions on various topics that fit with The Tyees very broad editorial mandate. They are not intended to be seen as a representative sampling of BC opinion. Ahead of hearing your responses, we know one thing we’ve been enjoying: books. We much relished in the suggestions from Oji-Cree writer and Canada Reads finalist Joshua Whitehead on our pages earlier this month. ...

December 23, 2020 By Perry King The coronavirus may have put a wrench in how the world at-large got together to collaborate and celebrate, the OISE community worked diligently to make 2020 a fruitful, connective one for students, faculty and staff. Below is a tally of some of the achievements and memorable moments that followed the OISE community in 2020.  In this episode of the OISE Stay at Home Club, Brittany Cohen and Shawn Matts share their journey starting a YouTube channel for K-8 k...