Over two decades ago, in 1999, The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in R. v. Marshall that the Mi’kmaq have a right to fish in order to provide themselves with “moderate livelihood.” Twenty-one years later, on September 17, 2020—theanniversary of the ruling—the Sipekne’katik First Nation held a blessing ceremony for the launch of their new […]
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By mid-March, Toronto was emerging from a somewhat underwhelming winter (thank you, global warming!) into a full-bodied spring. By the end of one particular mid-March, not-cold, not-dreary day, UofT had announced that all remaining classes of the semester would be held online. By the weekend, thousands of students like myself were back in their hometowns,
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It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment I started listening to folk music, but it’s been present in my life for quite some time now. Likewise, it’s difficult to define what folk music even is. There are songs with unknown origins, that have been passed down through generations. They harken back to a time when
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…but we can all do something about it
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