What Does Home Mean for Those Who Live Between Borders?
Home. For most, it’s a place, a familiar landscape, a return to the roots. But for the global citizens among us, home is an evolving concept, shaped by the places we’ve lived, the languages we speak and the myriad cultures that colour our lives. The theme of this issue of 3 magazine explores wha
How the Pelican Club’s Jennica Pocha Made an Unfinished Work Into Art
My late mother was a very talented seamstress; she had probably 50 projects on the go that she would never finish—that was just her personality. When she passed away in 2015, we were going through a sewing room at our house in London, U.K., and I found an unfinished skirt made from a cross weave [
With Her New Book, Catherine Hernandez Delves Into Her Own History
Catherine Hernandez’s latest novel, Behind You, is not your usual ripped-from-the-headlines story, and the first hint is the book’s opening epigraph: “It’s not about him, it’s about us.” The “him” is an unnamed serial killer modelled after the real-life criminal who stalked Sca
How Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ Léuli Eshrāghi Is Bringing Indigenous Perspectives to the Forefront
Léuli Eshrāghi didn’t intend to become a curator; with an academic background in film, languages, literature, museum studies and art history, Eshrāghi’s original intention was to work as an artist, and they started that career in 2011. But after seeing what they described as more “superfici
Why Anne of Green Gables Is Huge in Japan
On an early July day in 1911, a young woman named Lucy Maud Montgomery got married in the parlour of a green-trimmed farmhouse on Prince Edward Island. Fast forward over 100 years later, and Montgomery’s status as a lioness of Canadian literature and globally-beloved author has inspired hordes of
Immigrants are the Future. So Why Isn’t Anyone Talking To Us?
It’s a narrative we could all recite in our sleep by now: Canada is a champion of immigration and a model for other countries. Close to a quarter of Canada’s population was born somewhere else. Immigrants fuel the economy; they’re the future. All true—but then why is no one talking to us? Th
Why is the Canadian Art World So Devoid of Diversity?
Amin Alsaden has always had “a very complicated” relationship with institutions. Growing up in Iraq under Saddam Hussein’s rule, he lived near some of the country’s most elite culture venues—but because he came from a family that was critical of the regime, he rarely set foot in them. Stil
