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Ricepaper Magazine mourns the loss of Roy Miki, whose passing marks the end of an era in Canadian literature and social justice. As a poet, scholar, and lifelong activist, Roy’s …
Not long after its Lead Sponsor of 28 years had yelled ‘Cut!’ last year, another rival Telco (one of Canada’s largest) gamely stepped in to become the Toronto International Film …
Sumaiya Matin: I really enjoyed reading your debut picture book, So Loud! published by Annick Press. It is a charming and beautifully told story about a young girl finding and …
Keiko Honda has worked in academia for over 10 years in the public health field in the US and internationally. She is now running her non-profit, Vancouver Arts Colloquium Society, …
Ujjal Dosanjh was born in a village of India’s rural Punjab in 1946, mere months before the midnight of India’s independence in 1947. Ujjal migrated to Britain in 1964 where …
Bargain (Jeon Woo-sung, South Korea 2023) A man hires a high school girl for a good time at a secluded hotel, but each is in fact trying to ensnare the …
A dedicated high school teacher in Yogyakarta witnesses the implosion of her precarious family unit after they are subjected to a ruinous cyberbullying campaign following her fateful encounter with a …
Full spoilers ahead. Hidden in TIFF’s selections year after year are films that can ill afford the priceless combo of soft power, celebrity and public relations necessary to capture an …
If the Toronto International Film Festival was smarting from two devastating events that happened over the summer, its projection of equanimity has been nothing short of admirable. The first event …
“Mind, Body, and Healing” (MBH) at first seems disparate in its collection of scenes and sequences, but underlying it all is the theme of self-healing from the main perspective of …