You are here: Homepage Countries Canada Themen All Themes From To filter Musician Elisapie Isaac Foto: Leeor Wild Playlist | Canada & Greenland The Sound of the Inuit Raucous vocals, nature-loving lyrics, love songs or simply some proper rock: the Inuit playlist by Canadian musician Elisapie Isaac By Elisapie Isaac 03/14/2024 Children play on the beach in Iqaluit, Nunavut on wrapped canoes from the Hudson's Bay Company, the oldest incorporated company in Canada, founded in 1670 Photo: Rosemary Gilliat Eaton / Library and Archives Canada Inuit | Canada Nunavik, my icy homeland In northern Canada, the indigenous population has always lived in balance with nature - but then Europeans found their way to the icy desert. The newcomers harvested its raw materials. A personal story about life on the periphery of North America By Sheila Watt-Cloutier 02/16/2024 Technology | Feminism Artifical intelligence and its biases It is well known that algorithms have a way of reinforcing social prejudices, but what can be done about it? Scholar Alex D. Ketchum takes a feminist look at the issue Interview with Alex D. Ketchum 02/12/2024 Technology | Diversity “Indigenous languages don’t make it easy for AI” Michael Running Wolf worked as a software engineer on the virtual voice assistant Alexa. Now he is revitalising indigenous languages with AI Interview with Michael Running Wolf 01/26/2024 A class at the Coqualeetza Residential School in British Columbia in 1932 Photo: United Church of Canada Archives Discrimination | Canada “Kill the ‘Indian’ in the kid” For decades, indigenous children in Canada were sent to Christian boarding schools for re-education, where many experienced abuse. Journalist Michel Jean has written about this trauma Interview with Michel Jean 11/05/2023 Off the coast of Nova Scotia in Canada lies Sable Island Photo: Pierre Perrin / Sygma / Getty Images Science | Canada “Everything here is defined by the ocean” Wild horses, oil-smeared birds: Zoe Lucas recounts fifty years of life as a female explorer on a lonely Canadian island. A conversation Interview with Zoe Lucas 07/01/2022 The author Bridget Liane Photo: Bridget Liang Black and white thinking I’m used to feeling unsafe What “Safe Spaces” mean for people who face discrimination - and how we can make them obsolete. By Bridget Liang 04/14/2022 Years of apprenticeship Illustration from the discussed volume Graphic novel | Canada At the paper mill In his new graphic novel, Guy Delisle illustrates the summer job he once had in a Canadian paper and pulp factory. By Jennifer Dummer 07/01/2021 The poetess Natasha Kanapé Fountaine. Photo Julie Artacho Literature | Canada “With my poetry I return home” The Innu poet Natasha Kanapé Fontaine on her success and her struggles. By Natasha Kanapé Fontaine 09/25/2020 Odile Joanette and Gloria Morgan Photo: Gundula Haage Indigenous cinema | Canada “The camera is our weapon” Odile Joanette and Gloria Morgen make films with indigenous populations. What happens when people tell their own stories? By Odile Joanette, Gloria Morgan 09/25/2020 Wet'suwet'en people hold a ceremony during their protest against the Coastal Gas Pipeline Photo: Amber Bracken Self-government | Canada Republic of indigenous nations How Canada’s indigenous nations are trying to revive old forms of self-determination. By Pamela Palmater 09/25/2020
Musician Elisapie Isaac Foto: Leeor Wild Playlist | Canada & Greenland The Sound of the Inuit Raucous vocals, nature-loving lyrics, love songs or simply some proper rock: the Inuit playlist by Canadian musician Elisapie Isaac By Elisapie Isaac 03/14/2024
Children play on the beach in Iqaluit, Nunavut on wrapped canoes from the Hudson's Bay Company, the oldest incorporated company in Canada, founded in 1670 Photo: Rosemary Gilliat Eaton / Library and Archives Canada Inuit | Canada Nunavik, my icy homeland In northern Canada, the indigenous population has always lived in balance with nature - but then Europeans found their way to the icy desert. The newcomers harvested its raw materials. A personal story about life on the periphery of North America By Sheila Watt-Cloutier 02/16/2024
Technology | Feminism Artifical intelligence and its biases It is well known that algorithms have a way of reinforcing social prejudices, but what can be done about it? Scholar Alex D. Ketchum takes a feminist look at the issue Interview with Alex D. Ketchum 02/12/2024
Technology | Diversity “Indigenous languages don’t make it easy for AI” Michael Running Wolf worked as a software engineer on the virtual voice assistant Alexa. Now he is revitalising indigenous languages with AI Interview with Michael Running Wolf 01/26/2024
A class at the Coqualeetza Residential School in British Columbia in 1932 Photo: United Church of Canada Archives Discrimination | Canada “Kill the ‘Indian’ in the kid” For decades, indigenous children in Canada were sent to Christian boarding schools for re-education, where many experienced abuse. Journalist Michel Jean has written about this trauma Interview with Michel Jean 11/05/2023
Off the coast of Nova Scotia in Canada lies Sable Island Photo: Pierre Perrin / Sygma / Getty Images Science | Canada “Everything here is defined by the ocean” Wild horses, oil-smeared birds: Zoe Lucas recounts fifty years of life as a female explorer on a lonely Canadian island. A conversation Interview with Zoe Lucas 07/01/2022
The author Bridget Liane Photo: Bridget Liang Black and white thinking I’m used to feeling unsafe What “Safe Spaces” mean for people who face discrimination - and how we can make them obsolete. By Bridget Liang 04/14/2022
Years of apprenticeship Illustration from the discussed volume Graphic novel | Canada At the paper mill In his new graphic novel, Guy Delisle illustrates the summer job he once had in a Canadian paper and pulp factory. By Jennifer Dummer 07/01/2021
The poetess Natasha Kanapé Fountaine. Photo Julie Artacho Literature | Canada “With my poetry I return home” The Innu poet Natasha Kanapé Fontaine on her success and her struggles. By Natasha Kanapé Fontaine 09/25/2020
Odile Joanette and Gloria Morgan Photo: Gundula Haage Indigenous cinema | Canada “The camera is our weapon” Odile Joanette and Gloria Morgen make films with indigenous populations. What happens when people tell their own stories? By Odile Joanette, Gloria Morgan 09/25/2020
Wet'suwet'en people hold a ceremony during their protest against the Coastal Gas Pipeline Photo: Amber Bracken Self-government | Canada Republic of indigenous nations How Canada’s indigenous nations are trying to revive old forms of self-determination. By Pamela Palmater 09/25/2020