Cultural Appropriation

Joseph Boyden Isn’t Indigenous. But his Historical Fiction Is Still Worth Reading

The author’s widely celebrated 2013 novel, ‘The Orenda,’ helped educate Canadians about their country’s colonial roots. It shouldn’t be cast into literary oblivion just because Boyden misrepresented his ancestry.

Andy Lamey 11 Nov 2023 · 34 min read

How The Campaign Against Cultural Appropriation Came Back to Haunt Canada’s Indigenous Peoples

The idea of segregating musical styles by race sits in opposition to what we know about the way music is made—which is often through cultural cross-pollination.

Neil Gray 8 Apr 2019 · 7 min read

Rejecting Progress in the Name of 'Cultural Appropriation'

Historically, it has been the European openness not only to foreign goods, but also foreign ideas – those which work, those which enhance our physical and mental wellbeing – that has signalled the forward march of modernity.

Neema Parvini 22 Aug 2018 · 7 min read