As Zhi Jia finished junior high, his father was diagnosed with cancer. The two had only recently moved to Canada from ...

Hadeel Ibrahim was a reporter for the CBC in Saint John, New Brunswick in 2023 when then-Premier Blaine Higgs made headlines. He’d removed protections for trans and gender-diverse students, a move ...

In the foreword of Maxine Roper’s No Heels, No Problem, a survival guide for women with ADHD and dyspraxia, I describe neurodivergent womanhood as a “guessing game.” That choice of words reflects my ...

Photo by Dave Swiewicki Desiree Dorion was born to play country music. Growing up in rural Manitoba, Dorion’s love of music led her to riding her bike to the ...

Atlantic Canada’s music scene has always been filled with rich, diverse sounds, from sea shanties to hip hop, with artists building followings far beyond home. And for over three decades, the East ...

On a cloudy February day in Edmonton, Alberta, a giant trans pride flag flies over Dr. Wilbert McIntyre Park, marking the meeting place for a rally in support of the trans community. It’s days after ...

The graffiti-covered Van Horne skatepark on the edge of Montreal’s Mile End is usually dotted with boys in beanies and sneakers, launching themselves into the rink with the cracking sound of ...

In Toronto’s Chinatown, an average morning goes on as usual, with longtime business owners setting up shop and elderly residents chatting loudly in local bakeries. But underneath the mundanity lies ...

Allyson Proulx wants people to know that she and Andy Cadotte do not speak for all of the volunteers in Forest City Food Not Bombs. They are just two people in a collective looking to create change in ...

In 2021, the Kensington Market Community Land Trust (KMCLT) did an astonishing thing. After a protracted renoviction battle over the Toronto neighbourhood’s iconic Mona Lisa building, the KMCLT bought ...

Journalism students across Canada are learning to share stories that are rooted in reciprocity with Indigenous communities in new ways. Created by Indigenous faculty and designed in partnership with ...

The crab trap was neon orange. He whipped it like a frisbee, far out, and watched it sink below the dark blue of the sea. It was early and he was the only one on the pier, cold in his camping chair.