Sunday April 30, 2017

2017 Gabriel Awards

Three documentaries produced for The Sunday Edition, have just been recognised with Gabriel award.

Posted: Apr 30, 2017 12:06 PM ET
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Sunday July 02, 2017

THE SUNDAY EDITION How the Vimy myth was created, and why it's wrong to perpetuate it

If there's one thing bitter political foes can agree on, it's that the World War 1 battle of Vimy Ridge was the smithy in which Canadian nationhood was forged. But some historians take issue with this. They argue that the Vimy narrative of heroism, unity and triumph, was non-existent in the years after the war — that it was invented for purely political aims many decades later. Ian McKay is the L.R. Wilson Chair in Canadian History at McMaster University. He's the co-author, along with Jamie Swift, of "The Vimy Trap: Or, How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Great War."

Posted: Jul 02, 2017 3:51 PM ET
Last Updated: Jun 30, 2017 2:43 PM ET read comments
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Sunday July 09, 2017

THE SUNDAY EDITION Using comics to explore foreign reporting and the isolation of being held hostage

In recent decades, there has been an explosion of comics and graphic novels dealing with very weighty subjects ... like grief, war, foreign politics and even the Holocaust. French-Canadian cartoonist Guy Delisle is renowned for his graphic novel travelogues, and his new book, "Hostage", is an intimate exploration of the experience of being kidnapped. Sarah Glidden made a name for herself with her graphic novel, "How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less," and her new book is "Rolling Blackouts: Dispatches from Turkey, Syria and Iraq."

Posted: Jul 09, 2017 5:09 PM ET
Last Updated: Jul 07, 2017 6:14 PM ET read comments
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Sunday August 13, 2017
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Britain's top Muslim lawyer refuses to be silenced after Manchester attack

Nazir Afzal is Britain's most prominent Muslim lawyer, renowned for bringing to justice the perpetrators of the infamous Rochdale child sex grooming case in 2012. More Aug 11, 5:09 PM ET read comments

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- Meet the Street Thug Barbers of Vancouver
  
  They're a loose group of guys with big hearts who've stared down hard times and addiction. They give back by offering free haircuts — with a side order of human contact — to people living on the streets in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. More Aug 11, 3:21 PM ET read comments
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- Bee Nation upends stereotypes about life on First Nations reserves
  
  Meet William Kaysaywaysemat III—a big name for a little guy. The nine-year-old was victorious at last year's First Nations Provincial Spelling Bee in Saskatchewan. The film documentary "Bee Nation" by Lana Šlezić chronicles William's triumph and his parents' emotional journey. More Aug 11, 3:19 PM ET read comments
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- 'Til grey do us part: the dramatic rise of grey divorce
  
  It might be the slogan of a generation. Divorce among people over fifty — and much older — is on a dramatic rise. Marriages of many decades are imploding, exploding and plain old fizzling out. More Aug 11, 3:19 PM ET read comments
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- Guest host Susan Bonner
  
  Susan Bonner, host of CBC Radio's World at Six, is our guest host on August 6 and August 13. More Aug 11, 3:19 PM ET
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