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Calgarys homeless shelters and agencies are calling for support as they look to improve the palliative care of unhoused people

Print Revealing personal stories can connect people to a common humanity, and recognizing another’s point of view is critical to overcoming prejudice. That’s why choreographer Anjanette Maraya-Ramey, artistic director and founder of Maraya Performing Arts, created “Towards Belonging,” a film that in May celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. “Towards Belonging” brings to life the experiences of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) community throu...

Sophie Taeuber-Arps Composition à cercles et demi-cercles (1938) Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck When Sophie Taeuber took to a Zurich stage in 1917 (long before marrying Jean Arp and, as per Swiss custom, tacking his name onto the end of hers), the Cabaret Voltaire and Dada founder Hugo Ball sat in the audience and watched her dance. He saw a goldfish, darkness, questions, a child, an angel, invention, caprice, wit. “Sophie Taeuber,” he later wrote, “is completel...

On Richard Sharp, the BBC and Israel/Palestine Coverage Former GoldmanSachs banker Richard Sharp is the new chairman of the BBC chairman. John Mitchell asks: will Richard Sharp the new Chairman of the BBC pursue ‘impartiality’ in the Israel/Palestine coverage? Richard Sharp the BBC’s newly appointed chairman, begins his incumbency this month against the background of concern over equal pay, the increasing commercial competition from various online streaming companies and brings into focus...

>> joining me now is katy. she spent several months following the stories of these patients and their families. how common is it? >> thats the big question. theres not great data on this. what we know is that in 2017, long-term care received more than 10,000 complaints about transfers and evictions. now, thats probably just a tiny fraction of total cases. a lot of people dont know that they have a right to contest an eviction. or they dont know that something illegally has been done to them. but...