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A few months ago, Julian Uzielli's depression was as bad as it had ever been. His medically-induced psychedelic trip changed everything.

Preliminary findings on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. reveal the remains of 215 Indigenous children. The news cuts into an exposed nerve on the body politic of this country: the state of justice for First Nations people in Canada. Justice is not blind in Canada’s legal system, argues Métis lawyer Jean Teillet. She says it needs to view Indigenous people fully to render justice fairly.

While many Canadians might know of the Victoria Day holiday to be named after Princess Louise's mother, Queen Victoria never came to Canada. It was Princess Louise who not only visited, but lived in Ottawa with her husband John Campbell, the Marquess of Lorne.

Ever wondered what happens to the items you mail back to online businesses? A new business open in Ontario and Alberta is buying pallets full of returns from Canadian big box and online retailers, then selling them for next to nothing.

Day 6 for May 8, 2021.

Last fall, Craig Desson bought a condo in Montreal’s Mile End with his partner. However, one thought lingered: Montreal lies on unceded land, as it was settled by the French without the permission of Indigenous peoples who lived there. Does that mean he effectively bought stolen property?

The fundamental research that made COVID vaccines possible actually began many years ago — we’re just reaping the benefits now.

Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal met in the late 1970s at architecture school in Bordeaux, France. In 1987, they launched their studio, Lacaton & Vassal, in Paris. The French duo have designed numerous social housing projects across France, as well as public spaces, urban developments and academic institutions.

In part one of a two-part documentary series on policing, contributor Kyle G. Brown traces its history, from the watchmen of the pre-modern era, to colonial forces — to the increasingly militarized police of today.

Can we be more resilient in the wake of extreme natural events? Machine learning and social media response can help shape future disaster response.

In her new book Work Mate Marry Love, Harvard professor Debora Spar argues that nearly all the decisions we make in our most intimate lives — whom we marry, how we have children, and how we build families — have always been driven by technology. She explains how these changes in technology have also affected the role of women in society throughout history.

In his BBC Reith Lectures, Mark Carney argues that the world's ability to deal with crises is hampered by a fundamental shift in our relationship to finance and economics. The economist says the question of what is valuable has been twisted by our sense of what is profitable.

The phrase "Forty Acres and a Mule" described a promise many formerly enslaved people believed the U.S. government had made at the end of the Civil War.

For decades, a pervasive myth that Black men fought for the South in the American Civil War has plagued historians and distorted collective memory of that event. Historian Kevin Levin says that false narrative fuels the racial divide today.

Nygel Turner was expecting a history lesson when he toured a Louisiana plantation with his dad. His experience illustrates the harm that can come when parts of the story are distorted or erased.

After COVID-19 ransacked his career, Wesley Altuna is returning to his love of food and sharing it with others to find his way forward.

As a portrait artist, Riva Lehrer says faces are her whole life. She’s also someone with spina bifida - and that means people give all kinds of unwelcome attention to her body. When that happens, her face has always been her ally. With our faces necessarily hidden under masks - she is navigating a new way of connecting with the world.

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