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Theatre Calgary’s The Lehman Trilogy is a tale of endurance and certain collapse. By Hannah Caparino, November 2 2024—. The second show in Theatre Calgary’s 2024-25 season is Stefano Massini’s Tony-winning play, The Lehman Trilogy. The name Lehman can best be known through the historic rise and fall of the juggernaut financial company ….
World Indigenous Games changing sports culture - The Gauntlet
2015年11月3日 · By Emilie Medland-Marchen, November 3 2015 —. The inaugural iteration of the World Indigenous Games (WIG) took place this year in Palmas, Brazil from Oct. 23 to Nov. 1, highlighting notable changes occurring in sporting culture. The event featured over 2,000 athletes from 22 countries, including Canada, putting their skills to the test in ...
What is Canadian Thanksgiving really about? - The Gauntlet
2021年10月21日 · What is Canadian Thanksgiving really about? By Nimra Amir, October 21 2021—. The general origins of Thanksgiving in the West are often romantically depicted as the sharing of a feast between European settlers and Indigenous peoples to commemorate the first successful harvest season — mainly with pumpkins, potatoes, corn and turkey.
Pretty privilege isn't real — but its benefits are - The Gauntlet
By Roog Kubur, March 16 2022—. The world is a cruel, cruel place. There are dozens of different “-isms” and “phobias” that exist just to explain the different types of cruelty human beings are capable of, and even more guides to help combat them.Unfortunately, as the majority of people’s first impression of another individual will come from what they first see, the need to present ...
Calgary’s Otafest is as strong as ever for its 25th anniversary
By Ansharah Shakil, May 25 2023— This May long weekend saw downtown covered with elaborately dressed cosplayers and enthusiastic dance mobs for Otafest — Calgary’s largest Japanese anime and pop culture festival. Otafest made its in-person return in 2022 after two consecutive cancellations and excitement over its re-emergence continued to linger this year. 2023 marks […]
What separates varsity sports from club-level sports?
2018年8月30日 · Varsity sports in Canada are inter-university competitions, pitting schools against each other in a league run by a central governing body, U Sports. Club sports are also university-sanctioned but have a multitude of oversight organizations. As collegiate sports in Canada rose in popularity over the years, athletic programs recognized the need ...
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Pro-Palestinian groups protest Israeli speaker Eylon Levy at the University of Calgary. By Daman Singh, November 1 2024—. Nov. 3 Update: Following the publication of this piece, StandWithUs Canada responded to the Gauntlet with a statement. The statement answered our original questions about the event, the protest and Levy’s departure.
Dancing to heal: Understanding Indigenous cultural gatherings …
2022年6月28日 · A lot of our dances were for ceremonial healing.”. This includes issues of reconciliation — dance, here, serves as a means to reconnect to one’s roots and to heal the trauma incurred by systemic oppression. Prophesied as an end to colonial expansion, Eagletail explained that “the Ghost Dance was banished by the governments.
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Dinos men’s basketball opens season with undefeated weekend. By Maggie Hsu, November 8 2024—. The Dinos men’s basketball team made a powerful statement in their home-opening weekend, sweeping the Saskatchewan Huskies. Their back-to-back wins on Nov. 1 and 2 highlight the Dinos’ potential as a conference contender this …. Read the rest.
Review: Alberta Ballet’s The Nutcracker
By Aymen Sherwani, December 18 2022—. The story of the Nutcracker is loosely based on a 19th-century Prussian tale written by E.T.A. Hoffman, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, in which a young girl’s beloved Christmas toy — a wooden Nutcracker — comes alive, battles the evil Mouse King, and then whisks her away to an enchanted kingdom of flowers and confections.