Why do white people keep crossing the line between appreciation and appropriation? by Pieta Woolley In the United Church alone, encounters with the songs, clothing, symbols and practices of other cultures is constant: the Huron Carol, Guatemalan
When an Indigenous teen disappeared, an Ontario church provided a space to gather and grieve by Meg Illman-White "I wish I could say that Kenora’s two predominant cultures (Anishnaabe and Anglo-Saxon) mix easily, but there are few places where this
Kingston Penitentiary is now a tourist attraction. Is it trading on tragedy? by Anne Bokma Three years after Canada's oldest and most notorious prison shut down, tens of thousands of tourists want in.
Author Richard Wagamese breaks with tradition in new book by Julie McGonegal "Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations" challenges the notion that sacred teachings should only be passed down orally
What the beating of Abdirahman Abdi says about racism in Canada by Anthony Bailey Canadians are deceiving themselves if they think anti-Black prejudice is only an American affliction. A recent deadly police beating casts our own
What makes evangelicals so appealing? by Christopher White Their beliefs are clear, their style is hip — and they seem to be exactly what new Canadians are looking for.
His ancestors never came back from residential school, so he went to visit them by Evie Ruddy Anthony Dreaver Johnston drove four hours to honour family members he had never met
The link between diabetes among Indigenous peoples and colonialism by Larry Krotz Rising rates of the disease among First Nations communities in Canada is leading some to re-examine the country's history of cultural assimilation
What Anthony Bailey thinks about the day his church was vandalized by Noah Richardson The co-ordinating minister at Ottawa's Parkdale United Church talks about his congregation's commitment to love and tolerance in the face of a
At 13, Willie Blackwater stood up to his abuser at a B.C. residential school by Richard Wright His defiance would eventually help change the course of Canadian history.