Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light disrupts popular narratives of Mumbai
Staff
December 4, 2024
The film goes beyond mainstream narratives, and enables viewers to imagine an India they often don’t get to see.
Category: Perspectives
As Canada deals with Trump’s tariff threat, Ottawa maintains large cultural trade deficit with several East Asian countries
Charlie Smith
November 30, 2024
After the president-elect said he would impose a 25-percent tariff on Canadian imports, some hope to boost trade across the Pacific Ocean.
Joy Dancer: dance documentary shows the power of movement to give a voice to the silenced
Staff
November 21, 2024
In this film, Gregory Maqoma—the “joy dancer”, a nickname from his childhood—shares how he tells stories through dance.
David Suzuki: Nature-directed stewardship is good for cities and living things
David Suzuki
November 13, 2024
For too long we’ve clung to the Western concept of nature as something outside cities—far away and disconnected from most people’s lives.
I research rap lyrics and testified in a Toronto rapper’s murder trial
Staff
November 4, 2024
The Crown stayed murder charges against Top5 after a judge ruled that his lyrics and social media content could not be used as evidence.
A Different Man examines tensions between personal identity and societal expectations
Staff
October 31, 2024
A Different Man offers a complex and nuanced portrayal of disability, one that both disabled and non-disabled audiences can learn from.
Senegal’s female rappers aren’t letting obstacles get in their way—who the rising voices are
Staff
October 21, 2024
Mamadou Dramé, who has done several studies on Senegalese music, discusses female hip-hop artists and rappers.
Han Kang: translators share memories of working with the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Staff
October 20, 2024
The president of the Literary Translation Institute of Korea called it a “pivotal moment” after Han was named as this year’s winner.
Raymond Théberge: The narrative around official languages is changing to become more inclusive
Staff
October 17, 2024
According to the commissioner of official languages, identities are not formed along language lines alone in a country of immigrants.
SBS’s Four Years Later is an immigrant love story that pushes the boundaries of on-screen representation
Staff
October 14, 2024
Four Years Later comes at a time when South Asian-Australian stories are finally creating ripples in Australia’s art sector
From Singapore to Canada, musician Chinyi C finds connection in a divided world
Charlie Smith
January 6, 2026
Ghinwa Yassine’s “A Dream Pointing to Aadchit” examines land as a site of renewal from war
Charlie Smith
January 3, 2026
David Suzuki: Unstoppable renewable energy revolution powers on
David Suzuki
January 2, 2026
Cathy Xinman: What We Carry into the New Year
Cathy Xinman
January 1, 2026
Hand-carved stones from Zimbabwe tell colourful stories at ZIM Sculpture Gallery
Charlie Smith
December 31, 2025
Apongo was a rebel leader in Jamaica—a diary entry sheds light on his west African origins
Staff
December 27, 2025
Cathy Xinman: Today, Like Yesterday, Has Gone Far Away
Cathy Xinman
December 26, 2025
The dangers of blurring fact and fiction in Holocaust TV narratives
Staff
December 25, 2025
Seven of the best novels of 2025—chosen by our literary experts
Staff
December 24, 2025
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Arts for Canadians Tomorrow Society is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of many nations, including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, that is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.
