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The Friday Files - Canadian News
In our British Library Eccles Centre event yesterday we heard from leading Canadian environmentalist and Nobel nominee Silla Watt-Cloutier. She spoke so compellingly about global connections, and why world change (and climate solutions!) begin with personal transformation and education as an essential catalyst to public policy.
Read MoreIf you’re in London before the end of next year, you'll want to book your ticket to see ᑕᐋᐧᐢᑫᐧᔮᐤ / A Path or Gap Among the Trees, a solo presentation of award-winning Canadian and Cree Métis artist Jason Baerg.
Read MoreWe are delighted to report that we have had an outstanding field of applications for the 2022 Canada-UK Foundation and the Eccles Centre for American Studies Fellowships.
Read MoreWe are delighted to invite you to join us at the British Library, October 28 at 7 pm to hear Canadian Inuit activist and Nobel nominee Siila Watt-Cloutier in conversation with Dr Polly Russell. In the lead up to the much-anticipated COP-26, Siila will be sharing her thoughts on the current environmental crisis and what’s required to address the challenges.
Read MoreArtworxTO is a newly conceived year-long arts initiative which promises to reinvigorate the city the way only public art can. Over 1000 artists, both local and international, have developed or will be developing public art projects situated across the city.
Read MoreNew funding to support individuals and organisations towards international partnership development and co-creation projects, will open for applications on Thursday 21 October 2021.
Read MoreIt is with great excitement that we announce the return of the annual Québec Lecture, featuring one of the most celebrated Canadian figures of avant-garde cinema, Robert Lepage.
Read MoreMatias Acosta gives me hope. There’s no doubt he has an enormous intellect and deep expertise in some extraordinarily complex science. And there’s no doubt he’s driven to make a contribution to science – he’s got 53 publications to his credit that attest to that.
Read MoreThis week, I had the pleasure of attending Mixing it Up: Painting Today at Hayward Gallery. Featuring 31 international artists of all ages living in the UK, of particular interest to me is how the tradition of painting permeates borders, and especially how Canada is situated within the context of contemporary painting in relation to the UK.
Read MoreAs a community leader, organiser, and aspiring climate policy economics researcher, I am grateful for the foundation and its generous donors for this incredible opportunity to broaden my perspective on this challenging global issue.
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