Language and Culture

Event organizers say the African Descent Festival will not go ahead this weekend after the Vancouver Park Board refused to issue a permit, citing unresolved issues from previous events.

Thousands hit the streets of downtown Edmonton this weekend for Cariwest, Western Canada’s Largest Caribbean Arts Festival.

Before, and during, the Holocaust, cafés in major European cities served as gathering places for Jewish intellectuals, artists, and political dissidents. They gathered to share ideas, debate politics, critique authoritarianism, and perform the innovative music of their time and culture. Showcasing some of Canada’s pre-eminent Jewish jazz musicians, and hosted by award-winning jazz singer-songwriter, Ori Dagan, tonight’s program takes us on a powerful journey only music can provide.

The Juno Awards is getting a new Latin category starting next year, and Latin-Canadian artists are celebrating it.

The sounds of steelpan, soca, calypso and dancehall echoed throughout the streets of Toronto’s waterfront on Saturday as revellers took part in the annual Caribbean Carnival Grand Parade.

How's she goin' by? Fill yer boots! Right smart. Even the simplest of Cape Breton slang can be hard to understand for people from away, especially when they're just starting to learn English. But as Anna Rak reports, some Cape Bretoners want to make their slang more accessible.

The final countdown is on for the start of Folklorama. The festival’s 54th edition will have 43 pavilions bringing a rich display of traditions from around the globe to Winnipeg from Aug. 3 to 16.

Derek Denis, an associate professor of linguistics at the University of Toronto, is in the Yukon listening to how people talk. It's part of an ongoing research project to better understand and document regional dialects of Canadian English.

Cariwest Caribbean Arts Festival organizers are hoping to bring the colour to Edmonton’s downtown despite the cloudy weekend weather.

Handicrafts are crucial economic lifeline in Mexico and provide jobs for around half a million people across the country

Josh Nielson is looking to encourage youth to learn Michif

You might be familiar with the terms "seggs" and "unalive" if you've spent time on social media platforms. They're a part of what's called "algospeak," a kind of coded language used on social media to protect content from getting removed or flagged by algorithm-based moderation tools. 

Pari Chalabi uses a puppet named “Jwana” to help keep students engaged.

“Children very quickly establish a connection with the puppet. In my opinion, a child learns better from another child, and when they hear something from a peer or a puppet, they absorb it faster,” she told Rudaw’s Diaspora program.

For Marie Pascual, eating communal meals in her Filipino community taught her generosity and care — lessons that sometimes clash with Toronto’s more individualistic dining culture. She’s learning to see the value in both.