From Katherena Vermette’s graphic novel A Girl Called Echo On January 7, 2019, the RCMP raided the Gidimt’en checkpoint and the Unist’ot’en blockade that was set up to protect traditional Wet’suwet’en territory from those wanting to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline through their territory. Days later, both the
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Canadian Dimension: Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience
Kent Momkman, The Daddies (2016) 60ii X 112.5ii, Acrylic on Canvas Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience may not be the art exhibit Canadians wanted during Canada 150, but it is undoubtedly the one they deserved. The touring installation confronts the country’s sesquicentennial celebrations from an Indigenous
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Our Land: 150 Years of Colonialism
The Graphic History Collective (GHC) has launched a new activist art project: Remember | Resist | Redraw: A Radical History Poster Project. The collaborative project will be an ongoing poster series that aims to intervene in the Canada 150 conversation. We hope to encourage people to critically examine history in
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Changing the world with comedy
Ryan McMahon
In Me Funny, Anishinaabe author and playwright
Drew Hayden Taylor argues that humour has always
been an integral aspect of indigenous cultures.
Moreover, he suggests that in colonial contexts such
a…
Canadian Dimension: KC Adams: Perception, imagery and the fragility of prejudice
Perception • Photo by KC Adams “The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.” -Wade Davis *** The publication of a controversial MacLean’s article in January, 2015 sent
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