The US to slash UN funding by more than a quarter of a million dollars

 The Trump administration is preparing executive orders that will reduce the US’s role in the United Nations in 2018. US Ambassador Nikki R. Haley, Permanent Representative to the UN, has officially announced the quarter of a million-dollar cut to the UN’s annual budget. The negotiated $285 million reduction for the

Introducing the African Film Festival of Ottawa

 All photos courtesy of Aboubakar Sanogo The African Film Festival of Ottawa (AFFO) is the first of its kind to hit the city. Held over two weeks, from October 16 to 18, and October 23 to 25 2015, Carleton University is the inaugural festival’s host. The festival is the brainchild

Giant Paper Heads: Who Wore it Better? Arcade Fire or WOTE?

 Yesterday, Burlington ON band Walk Off the Earth released a new video celebrating trans youth and the importance of accepting ourselves and others. The video, ‘Alright,’ features a young girl named Ellie who is forced to wear boy’s clothes and just wants to be herself. The video also features Walk

Rare artifacts reveal the real meaning of Haiti’s Vodou tradition

 A powerful new exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC) brings to Canada, for the first time, over 300 objects from one of the world’s most important collections of Vodou artifacts. (“Vodou” is the new politically correct word for “voodoo”.) Vodou, which runs from November 15, 2012 all the