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The Sámi side of Tromsø, Norway

Places

How Gimli, Manitoba, became the world’s biggest Icelandic community outside Iceland

History

50 ans de multiculturalisme au Canada : être musulman au Canada

History

50 years of multiculturalism: Being Muslim in Canada

Mapping

First Peoples’ Map of B.C.: New interactive map celebrates Indigenous cultures and language

People & Culture

Elder Norman Fleury – The history of the Michif language

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Canadian food designer Amanda Huynh shows off a piece of her exhibit, Diasporic Dumplings.

People & Culture

Touring exhibit offers a creative take on the future of food

Currently in Ottawa, the “Edible Futures” exhibit explores the future of food production and consumption through art

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Photos: Flying high with Montreal’s Cirque Éloize

The contemporary circus company celebrates 25 years of showcasing acrobatic arts around the world

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Harland Smalleyes, a dancer representing the Stoney Nakoda and Blackfoot First Nations, performs during the 2017 Stampede

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Photos: A celebration of First Nations at the Calgary Stampede

Beyond the rodeo and the chuckwagon races, the Calgary Stampede is one of the country’s longest-running public celebrations of Indigenous cultures

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Steamer at the Old Wharf, Nanaimo. 1958 by E.J. Hughes

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Painting the Island

In an era when the art world favoured abstraction, E.J. Hughes painted life as he saw it, and his favourite subject was Vancouver Island

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International

Five essential things to do in San Francisco

Savouring Cuban culture in Camaguey, Holguin and Santiago

Exploring lively Leeds

Exploring San Antonio, Texas’ historic treasure

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State of the marijuana nation

Photos: Living on Eeyou Istchee

A tale of two bagels

10 awesome Canadian museums to visit this summer

People & Culture

Calvin Racette – Losing the Michif language

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Andrea Menard: Promoting the Michif language through art

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Michif history, language and culture, featuring Russell Fayant

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Why Indigenous languages matter

Gidin Jaad Erica Jean Ryan, right, runs through lines with an actor in Sgaawaay K’uuna, The Edge of the Knife, a Haida-language film that premieres next week at the Toronto International Film Festival.

People & Culture

Indigenous language learners on the rise in B.C.

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Five things you might not know about Acadia

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Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson Haida Nation Naw Jaada | Octopus Woman, 2017

People & Culture

National billboard exhibition celebrates Indigenous resilience through art

For the next two months, works by 50 Indigenous female artists will be displayed on 174 billboards across Canada

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Mapping

Interactive map showcases traditional Indigenous lands across continents

Users can learn about the Indigenous territories, languages and treaties of the cities they live in with just a few clicks

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The Nokedjak from Squaxin Island in Stz’uminus waters on the 2017 Tribal Canoe Journey.

People & Culture

In photos: The 2017 Tribal Canoe Journey

Images from an annual odyssey to reclaim tradition and territory in the Pacific Northwest

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Many Colville Lake locals spend their time in and around trapping cabins, preparing the pelts they’ve collected.

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Traditional trapping in the North

Once a traditional way of life across Canada, trapping survives and even thrives in communities throughout the North, including Colville Lake, N.W.T.

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culture

12 incredible images from the 2018 World Press Photo Contest

Changing a name, keeping tradition alive

Exhibition traces the evolution of armour, from the Renaissance to Hollywood

Canadian War Museum acquires historic Victoria Cross

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Michael Gervers in Ethiopia, where he has been studying traditional Christian churches cut into the sandstone landscape

People & Culture

Featured Fellow: Michael Gervers

The University of Toronto professor and expert on Ethiopian history is documenting the centuries-old craft of rock-hewn churches

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People & Culture

For the love of the leaf

How does a Canadian wind up wandering an ancient tea-trading route through the Himalayas? We talk to 'Tea Explorer' Jeff Fuchs about his documentary film and his ongoing journey to unlock the secrets of the leaf.

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Wildlife

The strange, compelling artistry of “beaver sculptures”

Appreciating the craftsmanship of Canada's national animal

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A film still from Anote's Ark by Matthieu Rytz, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.

Environment

Montreal filmmaker sheds light on Kiribati’s climate change dilemma

New documentary Anote's Ark asks the disturbing question, "What if your country was swallowed by the sea?"

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1916 letter from George Cantlie to daughter Celia Cantlie with pressed flowers

People & Culture

A Canadian soldier’s “war flowers” and the resilience of the human spirit

War Flowers, a new exhibition on now at the Canadian War Museum, tells the stories of Canadians in the First World War through floriography, sculpture, scent and sound