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What does it mean to 'pass'? Esi Edugyan examines the complexities of identity
We all construct our own identities but our realities are fixed, says Esi Edugyan in her third Massey Lecture. She explores how people who “pass” as Black complicate our understanding of identity.
Wash. state representative proposes new alert system for missing Indigenous women and girls
Washington state Democratic representative Debra Lekanoff is trying to set up an Amber Alert-type system for Native American women who go missing in her state.
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Eye of the Omicron storm
The peak of Omicron means hospitals are bearing the brunt. They’re not just dealing with high rates of hospital and ICU admissions, but attrition among crucial front line healthcare workers. Dr. Brian Goldman speaks with the movers and shakers at two busy hospitals in hard-hit Ontario: Alex Munter, president and CEO of CHEO (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario) and Cyndi Davis, president and CEO of Lakeridge Health. They say this perfect storm has been brewing for years.
Meet the Canada Reads 2022 contenders
How the world's smallest beetle can fly as fast as a large insect
Inside the machine: Hidden technologies from sea to sky
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Dangerous crossing: The winter path to asylum
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Googleplex designer says tech's massive work campuses are 'fundamentally unhealthy'
CBC Massey Lectures
Who do we choose to remember and why? Esi Edugyan explores Canada's forgotten ghost stories
Making life-affirming decisions: Choosing joy, solo motherhood & pound cake
CBC MASSEY LECTURES
Out of the Sun: On Race and Storytelling | Esi Edugyan's CBC Massey Lectures
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Why Wordle's popularity could come down to one word: S H A R E
You shouldn't have to wait 2 weeks to get paid, say proponents of new payroll system
This Irish woman is dressing as a household item every day for a month
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Boris Johnson's 'partygate' scandal
Icelandic pizzeria nods to pagan tradition by serving sheep's head as special topping
Ukrainian fears about Russian invasion threat
How Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm's poetry collection (Re)Generation turns anger into beauty
What Europe's oil and gas capital can tell us about the growing pains of a just transition
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'Tantalizing' organics discovered on Mars but still no proof of life
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Author Esi Edugyan on issues of representation and belonging
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A path for Halifax to defund the police
What does it mean to 'sonder?' Author invents new words that resonate during the pandemic
