Where was God? Canada's Deadliest Mass Shooting
April 18th, 2020, the residents of the small town of Portapique, Nova Scotia, went to sleep that night, not knowing they would wake up to complete mayhem in the middle of the night. Many heard gunshot...
26 Apr 202329min
The Great Relocation: The Migration to Eastern Canada
This week on Context: Canadians are on the move. In the past five years inter-provincial migration has grown exponentially. Alberta, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia have seen an influx of people mov...
22 Mars 202329min
Canada’s Forgotten Pioneers : How African Nova Scotians have contributed to the history of Canada
This week on Context we tell the story of African Nova Scotians and how they’ve contributed to the history of Canada. They’ve been in Canada for almost 300 years and yet some of us don’t know their st...
15 Feb 202329min
Mental Health: A Nation in Crisis
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is calling it a crisis in our country. After years of campaigns dispelling the stigma around mental health, we are now facing a shortage of mental health car...
23 Nov 202229min
Syria : 11 Years Later
Eleven years of war in Syria -- with devastating consequences. What began as the Arab spring- pro-democracy demonstrations erupting all over the Middle East in 2011 soon turned into war when the Syria...
16 Nov 202229min
Rage : Why Are Canadians So Angry?
Anger: we see it in traffic. We hear it on the radio, and we read it online. It’s all around us. But are Canadians angry? For many years we have been depicted as one of the nicest- happiest peop...
9 Nov 202229min
Medical Assistance in Dying - Easy Access to Death?
Canada is among the 12 countries in the world that have made assisted death legal. Brought into law 6 years ago, MAID continues to be a point of contention in this country. Last year alon...
2 Nov 202229min
