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September 7, 2018
Spotlight On Our 2018 TIFF Talent

It’s that time of year again, as the globe’s biggest celebs descend on the city for the Toronto International Film Festival. Helping us take in the stars, and stars in …
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March 15, 2018
Sarah Kay: Why Poetry is Political

As part of the release of her newest book, All Our Wild Wonder (conceptualized as one poem), ELLE brought together Sarah Kay and Elizabeth Acevedo to discuss why poets are actually …
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November 24, 2017
Artificial Intelligence Enters the Arts

When innovative companies like 3M, Cisco, Pepsi, Deloitte, Ubisoft and SAP want to re-inspire creativity in their employees and executives they bring in David Usher, the front man of the internationally acclaimed …
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September 14, 2017
Gord’s Not-So-Secret Path According to His Brother, Mike

When Mike Downie first heard the story of Chanie “Charlie” Wenjack—an Ojibway boy who died while running away from his residential school—it was like an arrow shot through his heart. …
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March 6, 2017
How Moonlight Pulled off Its Academy Awards Miracle

Few people understand the importance of the arts and cultural sector better than Cameron Bailey. The artistic director of one of the world’s biggest and most important film festivals, Cameron …
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November 22, 2016
Five Questions With David Usher

David Usher is a creative tour de force. As the front man of the internationally acclaimed rock band Moist, and as a solo artist, David has sold more than 1.4 …
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November 18, 2016
Poet Clint Smith on Activism, Stereotypes and Disenfranchisement in the Black Community

Clint Smith believes we all share a story, the human story. It’s in the telling, he believes, that we emerge as individuals and celebrate what we have in common. His …
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