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Surrounded by Ducks
In 1975, D.M. Fraser argued that Canadians should not deny the deep and enduring American influence on their identity.

By D.M. Fraser

A Kind of Dream Therapy
In this dream you are married and you begin to suspect that you and the man your wife is having an affair with are part of the same secret society.

By Jacob Wren


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What's inside?

J. Jill Robinson reconnects to the land of Galiano Island in "Hot Pulse."

Drifters and opera collide in "Nibelung" by Devon Code.

Jill Boettger's children make (non)sense of surrealist art in "How to Unthink."

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Getting It Wrong
The human memory is suggestible in many ways: bold type, rhyming slogans, and blue or red in the copy are the elements of messages that we find most convincing, not careful research and thought.

By Eve Corbel

Ectoplasmic
Dr. T. Glen. Hamilton would set up four cameras in a room lit by a red ceiling light and hold the camera shutters open until the spirits instructed him.

By AnnMarie MacKinnon


Namwayut, We Are All One: A Contact No Contact Story

Our latest contributor, Robert Joseph, shares his idea of what reconciliation in Canada means.

"I know that I am better with others in my life and not being isolated or marginalized. And the mantra at reconciliation Canada is 'Namwayut' that’s Kwakwaka’wakw word for 'We are all one.' 'Namwayut.'"

Watch the rest of Robert's Contact story online now.

If you would like to submit a story, check out Contact No Contact for details.


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Small Victories
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