Seemingly meaningless adolescent slang isn’t “brain rot,” it’s linguistically normal, developmentally appropriate and a way of belonging.
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Many Quebec francophones perceive English and anglophones as peripheral to the province’s identity, study finds.
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Steve Kaufmann has over 1.5 million subscribers on his lingosteve YouTube channel. He spoke to CBC's On The Coast about how he came to understand so many languages and how to use the power of repetition to learn a new one.
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As students return to class after the holiday break, the formal use of addressing teachers by 'vous' is officially becoming the norm in elementary and high schools across the province.
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A cemetery in Perkins, Que., will be getting some unusual company in the near future: statues and artwork from Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue Church. They're being buried as part of efforts to deconsecrate the historic edifice and resurrect it as a cultural hub.
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When Quebecers open Netflix and Spotify, they could soon see more French-language content pushed to the front on major platforms such as Netflix and Spotify. That’s because a Quebec adopted Bill 109 – a new law “affirming Quebec’s cultural sovereignty and enacting the Act respecting the discoverability of French-language cultural content.
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A South African themed New Year's Eve celebration is set to return to Prince Albert later this month, offering an evening focused on food, music and cultural connection.
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A look back at 2025 through Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang, from 6-7 and brainrot to aura farming, and what these phrases reveal about youth culture.
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The McCord Stewart Museum is showcasing the history of Montreal’s food scene from the 1960s until today. The On the Menu – Montreal: A Restaurant Story exhibition will continue until October 2026.
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The holiday season is a time for Lennox Island residents to come together and celebrate their community and their culture. Students in the First Nation community recently held a bilingual Christmas concert, and it was a special night for many. CBC’s Delaney Kelly explains.
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The Society for Canadian English, which includes Queen's University, has helped create Canada's first word of the year, maplewash.
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Author Chyana Marie Sage talks about the impact of the commission on Indigenous writing.
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Still, the agency is in talks with the Office québécois de la langue française and the Ministry of the French Language about the possibility of adding some English.
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Halifax Stanfield International Airport's new international connections facility now features eye-catching artwork welcoming visitors to Mi’kmaw territory.
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📰 Why We Chose This Story for Our Top 5 This Week → Because BEAUTIFUL 😍 and because "the location makes the work especially meaningful, as it introduces [the] culture to people who may be unfamiliar with the history and presence of Mi’kmaw people across Mi’kma’ki".
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Indigenous foods are varied, delicious and plentiful — but getting them into grocery stores can be too costly for small producers
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Advocates say although there are modest safeguards to protect Indigenous intellectual property around the globe, they often place the burden of proof on the Indigenous nation and they say more could be done.
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Jordi Mand's work is exploring the seminal moments in life—from birth to death.
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Vancouver’s Filipino community has a better idea of what a new cultural centre in Mount Pleasant may look like.
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Kwanzaa has become a nationally recognized celebration of African culture and community in the United States since its founding in 1966 and also is celebrated in countries with large African descendant populations.
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After years of lobbying from the Italian government, a UN agency has now declared the country's cooking culture, as a whole, is a part of humanity's intangible cultural heritage. Gianfranco Junior Spagnolo, chef de cuisine at Vancouver restaurant Cantina di Luigi, says he's proud of the designation. Daniel Attoni, the restaurant's sous chef, says there is a need for the family to be more involved in cooking.
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The community president says celebrating Jewish culture is important during these challenging times.
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The artworks, food and obsessions that captivated Canadians this year
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Clarence D. Snowboy is lending his voice to a new partnership between JBCCS and Language Foundry to create online Cree-language learning games. The project is designed to help learners connect with — and preserve — the Cree language.
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Today on Commotion, culture critics Sandy Hudson and Matt Amha join guest host Radheyan Simonpillai to explain why this discussion around who gets to celebrate and monetize a local culture is more complicated than it might sound.
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It’s well established that children have an easier time learning second languages. In recent years, scientists have studied whether being bilingual may help ward off the memory lapses and reduced mental sharpness that come with an aging brain. Much of the research on the potential benefit involved people who spoke two or more languages for most of their lives, not older adult learners.
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