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Tanya Talaga has been speaking truth to power for over twenty years. It is difficult to picture the landscape of Truth and Reconciliation in Canada without her sure voice. Her career of twenty years at the Toronto Star moulded Tanya

Lutalo Jones’s debut album, “The Academy,” dropped in the early days of fall this year. The seasonal timing could not have been more apt. As the leaves turned, we bid summer farewell and returned to stillness and contemplation. Mirroring this

Shashi Bhat writes the interior lives of South Asian women with depth and grace. Her debut novel, “The Family Took Shape” is the coming of age story of Mira, a young South Asian woman, set in the suburbs of Toronto. Its

Note: The images included in this article are from previous performances.  “An Evening with A.R. Rahman: Stories and Music from his Career” was a marquee event at Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) in collaboration with Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO). The

As an arts reviewer, I’ve witnessed countless deliveries of land acknowledgements–they vary in tone and intent, ranging from awkward and inauthentic to aspirational statements of solidarity. The creative antics employed in this usually symbolic, rather formulaic pre-show component do not

“Agrimony” is a genre-defying performance featuring live music (composed by UK-based Laura Reznek) and contemporary dance (choreographed by Vancouver-based Sophie Dow). The show is brought alive by musicians–Laura Reznek, Jonah Ocean, Roisin Adams, J Daniel Baxter, Chris Marriott, and interpretive