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The story of the bloody 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge is, according to many of today’s tellings, a heroic founding moment for Canada.

Introducing George Smiley and the "Circus". Investigation of a suicide uncovers spies on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

Jake is celebrating his tenth birthday. That’s a remarkable feat, because at birth he was given only three years to live.

Capitalism’s agenda is the endless pursuit of private accumulation of socially produced wealth.

The idea of reducing poverty and inequality and improving health, education, and job opportunities around the world is beyond criticism.

The story of Claire Sullivan's trail from New York to London following her sister's desperate "call in the night" for help and her subsequent disappearance.

Everywhere you look patriarchal society reduces women to a series of repeating symbols: serial girls.

Globalization has an ever-increasing effect on our lives. It has made the world smaller and brought us closer together yet it can also make us more vulnerable and divided.

Young Canadians are increasingly active and engaged in global issues.

Peter Steven explores the full spectrum of communications around the world, from the mega-corporations to the citizen reporters, from the newsrooms of Washington to the film industry of Nigeria.

Nineteen-year-old Diana Savarol is nowhere near the traditional ingenue entering her first season.

Consuming with a conscience is one of the fastest growing forms of political participation worldwide.

IN RECENT YEARS Canadians have become more and more concerned about the origins oftheir food and the environmental impacts of pesticides in agriculture.

Historian Michael Dawson digs deep into the written and pictorial record to reveal how the RCMP, since its inception, has constructed and zealously guarded its public image.

The Southern Cross turns over, telling travellers under the vast Australian skies of the passing of the night and the coming of dawn.