Louis Hémon’s Maria Chapdelaine grew from his views as a French immigrant writer on the rural life of early twentieth-century Quebec.

Published in 1948 by the artist group Les Automatistes, the Refus Global manifesto challenged Québécois political, religious, and social traditions.

Marian Engel's 1976 novel Bear is famous for its embrace of bestiality, but it also offers a commentary on humans' relationship with the natural world.

The Toronto rapper embraces a patois-inflected “bad gal” image to tell a deeply personal story about historical violence.

Canada welcomes those facing persecution for sexual orientation or gender identity—but the process to claim asylum may not be straightforward.

An association of Montreal-based artists, the Beaver Hall Group embraced the free-spirited Jazz Age in their work, their habits, and their lifestyles.

In 1884, educator Jane Groom defied naysayers to found a community for working-class Deaf people on prairies of Manitoba.

While conspiracy theories about Ginger Goodwin’s death may interest some, these complicated explanations deflect our attention from real issues.

With recreational marijuana use now legal across Canada, companies are jockeying for market share while bureaucracies struggle to make estimates.

Referendums have a way of turning everyone into a self-proclaimed political expert. But does giving a population the chance to directly weigh in on a specific issue lead to a more informed voting public?