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
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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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Featured Episode

Sunday July 23, 2017
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Scientists know how to prevent catastrophic loss from forest fires. Why don't we follow their advice?

Lori Daniels is an associate professor of forestry ecology at the University of British Columbia. She says forest fires are natural and necessary for growth and regeneration, but the fierce blazes now threatening people's homes and towns are the predictable result of years of poor forest management and the failure to invest in basic preventive measures, all exacerbated by climate change and settlements built closer and closer to massive forests. More Jul 21, 5:02 PM ET read comments

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- How Russian interference in the German election could destabilize Europe
  
  Constanze Stelzenmüller studies Germany, European foreign policy and security at the Brookings Institution. She recently testified before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about the potential impact of Russian interference on the German election. More Jul 21, 4:59 PM ET
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- Meet the Montreal optician on a radical mission to make glasses affordable for everyone
  
  Philippe Rochette says multinational eyeglass manufacturers gouge consumers. When a pair of glasses in a stylish shop can set you back more than $1,000, Rochette says his for $100 or $200. David Gutnick's documentary is called "Two Sticks and Two Circles." More Jul 19, 5:18 PM ET read comments
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- U.S. preacher and writer delivers a sermon to white America: "white innocence" is your burden
  
  The United States is perhaps more bitterly divided along racial lines than it has been for some time. Michael Eric Dyson is one of black America's most eloquent and searingly frank writers. He speaks to Michael Enright about race in the post-Obama era, and about his new book, Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America. More Jul 21, 4:59 PM ET read comments
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- Guest host Nahlah Ayed
  
  Nahlah Ayed, a CBC News foreign correspondent based in London, is our guest-host for The Sunday Edition on July 23 and July 30. More Jul 21, 4:59 PM ET
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