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Civil Debates 5: Online Freedom of Speech

Online freedom of speech has become a hotbed issue in the digital, interactive era. What is harassment? How does that impact our Charter rights...

The ‘Why Write? Panel

Saturday November 19th from 2:30-4pm join us at the Isabel Bader Studio Theatre In the spirit of asking “who cares about theatre and live performance?”...
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Rhiannon Collett

https://soundcloud.com/spiderweb-show/rhiannon-collett-thought-11-institution-vs-diy Good morning, Rhiannon here with my eleventh thought. Little known fact about me, I am such a rebel. No, uh - I guess this morning...
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Make Sure You Choose a Knife That Can Cut Through Bullshit

Politics is the knife. Passion is the force to wield it. What each of us must decide is where to cut.
3 women dressed in 60s clothing discuss at desks.

Political Theatre, Then and Now

Founded [in 1975], GCTC was dedicated to producing Canadian and political plays. “Canadian" meant written by Canadians; and “political” meant, to us, political parties, history, social issues. It was pretty broad, but not borderless; “the personal is political” and “everything is political” were not GCTC slogans.
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Artists and Gentrification

The marginalized communities that used to call downtown home are becoming even more marginalized as the affordable spaces to live are pushed towards the edges of the city. The spaces that we are occupying as artists are still in a downtown core that is becoming increasingly unaffordable and alienating – with a high-end culture made for a certain income bracket.

Beyond Ramps: an interview series

Frank: There’s your authentic body, and the imaginary body they put on you. In the able bodied realm of performing, that imaginary body gets put on them a lot. What happens if you’re disabled, or paralyzed, and the imaginary body they want to put on you just isn’t going to happen?
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SpiderWebShow Talk Show with Franco Boni

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NWtmEIhNCk

Deborah Pearson

https://soundcloud.com/spiderweb-show/deborah-pearson-1

Inclusion: Building a Culture of Desire and Resilience by Alex Bulmer

Inclusion: Building a Culture of Desire and Resilience By Alex Bulmer On February 15, a day rumoured to be colder than the North Pole, a crowd...