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People & Culture

How Black matriarchs stitched quilting into the fabric of art history

Dating back hundreds of years, quilting was practiced by Black Nova Scotian matriarchs as a way of telling stories and continuing oral history

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  • 4 minutes

Wildlife

Melissa Hafting on the healing power of birds

The ecologist, photographer, activist and birding guide discusses her fascination with birds, bringing people together and how birdwatching can help people deal with grief

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  • 5 minutes

People & Culture

Roasting resilience: Nadine Umutoni’s coffee mission

A journey of coffee, culture, and compassion from Rwanda to Vancouver  

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People & Culture

A journey through Africadia with George Elliott Clarke

Episode 26

Canada’s former Poet Laureate gives us a tour of the cultural geography of Black Nova Scotia  

  • 54 minutes

People & Culture

Colour the Trails

“We believe the one who has power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you must ask yourself, Whose story am I missing? Whose…

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People & Culture

How Black matriarchs stitched quilting into the fabric of art history

Dating back hundreds of years, quilting was practiced by Black Nova Scotian matriarchs as a way of telling stories and continuing oral history

  • 894 words
  • 4 minutes

Wildlife

The good bear: Co-existence on Yukon’s Klukshu River

The ice bears of Klukshu have been living with people and salmon for millennia. Is this age-old balance under threat?

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  • 13 minutes

People & Culture

Thirty years of Neskantaga First Nation’s boil water advisory

The trauma of an entire generation without access to safe drinking water has left its mark

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  • 19 minutes

Wildlife

The impressive acoustics of the great grey owl

Using their remarkable sense of hearing, great grey owls can pinpoint prey deep beneath the snow, picking up sounds as low as -14 decibels from 50 metres away  

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Science & Tech

Out of our depth: speaking with whales

An ambitious project seeks to use artificial intelligence to speak with sperm whales. But is this even possible? What would we say — and would they want to speak with us?

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Embrace winter in Canada!

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Winter night walks in Canmore Kananaskis

Making the most of Canadian winters with an evening adventure under a sea of stars 

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Addressing the state of race in modern-day Canadian media 

Journalist Christopher Cheung wants newsrooms to change how they cover stories

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The core of the mountain with Alison Criscitiello

Episode 98

Searching for clues to a changing climate on a record-breaking expedition to the top of Canada’s tallest peak

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