Canadians

Orientations, Houses, and First Days of School, Eh?

Claire Krakowiak | Posted 01.03.2012

Claire Krakowiak

It has been a pretty cool experience to go to a Canadian school and see the comparisons between the countries. I still haven't picked up Canadian talk, but I have grown to like Tim Hortons.

No Internet In 1/5th Of Canadian Homes

CBC News | Posted 07.25.2011

(CBC) --- About a fifth of Canadian households, many among the poorest in the country, still had no internet access in 2010, a survey suggests. For...

No, Canada: Our Neighbor To The North Gets Its Own 'Jersey Shore'

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

Disgrasian

Canada, you're supposed to be a refuge from the ugly shit that makes Americans, well, Americans, and, perhaps more importantly, not you. You know, sh...

Is the Grass Greener in Canada?

Holly Robinson | Posted 11.17.2011

Holly Robinson

I was vacationing in Prince Edward Island this summer when I came across a startling statistic: 53 percent of adults in the world's 24 leading economies said they would immigrate to Canada.

My Grandmother the Family Anchor ... Baby

Lila Nordstrom | Posted 05.25.2011

Lila Nordstrom

Every family that has moved to the United States, at some point, gives birth to an anchor baby. It's no use isolating recent immigrants and their children as some vague harmful group.

Canadians Detained For Stealing Auschwitz Rail Spikes As Mementos

AFP | Posted 05.25.2011

Polish authorities detained two Canadians who allegedly stole spikes from a railway line that shipped Jews to the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz...

The 16th Annual Giller Prize and the Future of Literature in a Digital Age

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Marissa Bronfman

Last night the 16th annual Giller Prize celebrated excellence in Canadian literature, reminding us of the incredible dedication, passion and talent with which authors in this great nation write.

Jason Linkins

Canadians Defend Their Health Care System In Video

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

One of the unfortunate side-effects of the often confused health care reform discourse is the way so many perfectly nice health care systems that oper...

AIDS Spreading Rapidly Among Canada's Aboriginals

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

AIDS is spreading faster among Canada's aboriginal people than in the general population, and a strong cultural stigma and links to rising drug use ma...

Jason Linkins

It's An Eat The Press Canada Day (And The Rest Of Your Scritti Politti)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Hmm. It's July 1st! Somewhere, out in the recesses of memory, a strange, clarion call is sounding, reminding me of a hallowed Eat The Press traditio...

The List

Nia Vardalos | Posted 11.17.2011

Nia Vardalos

A common misconception about adoption is that to get a kid you just have to go to another country and be as pretty as Angelina Jolie. As studio executives and movie reviewers have informed me again and again, I'm not.