Centennial celebrations launched a new atmosphere in Canada: open and interested, multicultural and confident.
Category: Culture – visual arts
My Canada, 143/150: Ontario Place’s wild ride
IMAX is a made-in-Canada invention that grew from experiments film-makers undertook at Montréal’s Expo 67.
My Canada, 139/150: Our special snowflakes
In Canada, “special snowflake” can mean those citizens honoured with an Order of Canada.
My Canada, 114/150: Northern imprints
May the gods forgive me, but in my first encounter with Inuit art, I remember the encounter more than the art.
My Canada, 113/150: Art from the ruins
I thought the Guild Inn was an old hotel perched on the Scarborough Bluffs. It was that — and much more.
My Canada, 112/150: Sculpting a riverfront
There’s a fascinating history behind Louis Odette’s urge to beautify through sculpture.
My Canada, 110/150: Our national treasures
No trip to Canada’s capital is complete without visiting one of the dozen national museums based in Ottawa.
My Canada, 108/150: Library love
Libraries are fundmanetally founded on a sharing economy, long before business monetized sharing via Uber and Airbnb.
