Climate conversations to encourage action
Smiely Khurana’s online platform, The Sustainable Act, showcases thoughtful storytelling about the climate crisis, and encourages us to appreciate each other and take action to protect what we love.
arts
Bringing beadwork to the National Gallery of Canada
Radical Stitch, one of the largest beadwork exhibits in Canada, is set to come to the National Gallery of Canada in May.
Field of dreams for young artists finds permanent home
The working arts space SKETCH, near Trinity Bellwoods in Toronto’s inner west, provides a stage for a diverse cast of young people on the city’s margins to create and facilitate. It’s tantalizingly close to securing its space permanently.
Feds to give $1.5 billion for job training
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will send $1.5 billion in job-training support to the provinces and territories to help Canadians in industries hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Kelly Konno goes from living large to small town Canada
It was a stretch to think that a high school girl from the ‘burbs of British Columbia could ever make her way into the spotlight beside some of the biggest names in pop music including Prince, Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, and Pink. And yet...
'Bee Nation' director aims to break down stereotypes about First Nations
How do you spell "empowering?" It's a word Lana Slezic uses to describe her new documentary "Bee Nation," which is the opening-night film for the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.