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Back to SearchHow a conspiracy theory becomes 'real'
Growing up, PhD student Sarah believed in the literal interpretation of the Bible. She predicted that non-believers faced doom in hell upon Judgment …
11 months ago
Loving Your Country in the 21st Century (Step Three)
Patriotism’s back in style. Along with it comes reasonable questions about when a love of your country is a good thing, and when it can lead you astr…
11 months ago
Walk with us through a rare old-growth forest in peril
The World Wildlife Fund lists the Wabanaki-Acadian old-growth forest as endangered — with only one per cent remaining. The Wabanaki-Acadian forest st…
11 months, 1 week ago
How Galileo revolutionized science to make way for modernity
Einstein’s theory of relativity, quantum physics, and finding evidence of black holes — trace the chain of discoveries that led to these breakthrough…
11 months, 1 week ago
Montreal's Confederate past revealed, from sympathizers to raids
Montreal was a hotbed of spies and conspirators during the U.S. Civil War. IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed and investigative journalist Julian Sher, author of…
11 months, 1 week ago
Protecting childhood innocence is a disservice to kids, argues expert
We should move away from this idea that childhood should be filled with innocence, safe from the knowledge of difficult things argues Critical Cultur…
11 months, 1 week ago
Why a small town newspaper is thriving in a declining industry
Need a babysitter? Phone Cindy. That's just one of the ads in The Inverness Oran, a small town newspaper in Cape Breton with a circulation of 3,000. …
11 months, 1 week ago
A School that Feels like Home: Revitalizing Mi’kmaq Language in Cape Breton
In 1997, the Mi’kmaq Nation took over on-reserve education in Nova Scotia. It was the first time in Canadian history that jurisdiction for education …
11 months, 1 week ago
How Iqaluit's learning institute gave a generation of Inuit adults a path back to Inuktut
Younger generations in Nunavut today are less likely to grow up immersed in Inuktut. At a language school in Iqaluit, Inuit adults who didn’t grow up…
11 months, 1 week ago
Why Massey Lecturer Ian Williams Stays Open to All Perspectives
2024 CBC Massey lecturer Ian Williams speaks with IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed about the forces that have shaped him as a thinker and writer, from the ency…
11 months, 3 weeks ago