Culture
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A case for nostalgia
There has been a lot of backlash against nostalgia in film over the past decade.
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Crystal clear
A lot of people have probably heard the term personal support worker (PSW) but may not know what that job entails or how important these caregivers are.
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PROFile: Karen Ridd
For Karen Ridd, becoming an instructor for the Conflict Resolution Studies program at Menno Simons College was the result of an unexpected but adventurous journey.
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Crossing borders and advocating for rights
Labman’s new work “explores how rights, responsibilities and obligations intersect in the absence of a legal scheme for refugee resettlement from the Indochinese crisis of the 1970s to the Syrian crisis of the 2010s,” according to the U of W website.
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A toolkit for building bridges
On Wednesday, Jan. 15, “Fostering Safe Spaces for Dialogue and Relationship-building between Newcomers and Indigenous Peoples” launched at Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre at 10 a.m., as hosted by Immigration Partnership Winnipeg.
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Strategizing for instability
“We’ve been put in a position of, I wouldn’t say panic, but an unsustainable position,” Koroluk says.
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City briefs
Latin elegy through comics // AYO youth meetup // Women’s March Winnipeg // Statistics Canada on campus // No Idea No Problem // U of W prof explores workplace bullying
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Solidarity at Portage and Main
On Jan. 10, Portage and Main became the scene of a solidarity protest.
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Shop Take Care opening a second location
Shop Take Care (109 Osborne St.), opened in February 2017, has been a smashing success, so much so that owner Jill Zdunich is opening a second location in March.
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Shakespeare, through a different lens
With the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre’s Masters Playwright Festival coming to an end in 2020, its focus is on none other than famous playwright William Shakespeare.
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A different look at disabilities
Although The Scream by Edward Munch and The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh are considered by some to be two of the world’s most revered art pieces, more focus is often placed on the art than the experiences and health issues of these artists.
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CRITIPEG: The Twentieth Century
Matthew Rankin’s first feature-length film, The Twentieth Century, looks like Guy Maddin’s The Saddest Music In The World and a Canadian Heritage Minute took acid and gave birth to a wombat in a powdered wig
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A cozy, quirky, humble abode
Lindsay Brown is the kind teacher you wish you had in high school.
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Arts briefs
Steve Basham & the Vanity Dads // Hinterland Remixed // The Circus of Objects // DIY Screen-printing workshop // Wrapped Rainbows
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Addressing barriers
We have a disability-heavy issue of The Uniter this week
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Actively accesible
Accessibility is a contentious topic in the Winnipeg arts scene.
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Halfway to Somewhere
I have a scar behind my right knee that I got when I was 12 and tried to break up a fight between two neighbourhood cats.
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Collective healing
I requested Chanel Miller’s book from the Millennium Library minutes after I read a news article revealing both her name and the work’s release. Her memoir was quite literally the next chapter following years of media coverage that referred to her only as “Emily Doe” or, in other cases, as “Brock Turner’s victim.”
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PROFile: Paul Lawrie
In the University of Winnipeg’s expansive history department, Dr. Paul Lawrie’s area of focus lies in American History.
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Path to the top of the Bench
How do judges become judges? What are the requirements to be able to sit on the bench and have the power to dictate people’s lives? Can a judge ever be “fired?”