What makes Canadian immigrant life real? The cultural quirks, the fun amidst everyday struggles, the multi-generational adjustments? “Kim’s Convenience” has been all this and more. As the curtain falls on a show loved by people around the world, NCM looks at what makes “Kim’s” special and why shows like that should be the norm rather than the exception.
View More Fans Bid Tearful Adieu to “Kim’s Convenience”
The Apu Trilogy, created by the Oscar-winning Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray in the 1950s, is regarded as one of the masterpieces of world cinema. Director Subhrajit Mitra picks up where Ray left off 60 years ago in his 2020 sequel titled Avijatrik (The Wanderlust of Apu), which has just won accolades at the Montreal Independent Film Festival. Mitra and the score composer Bickram Ghosh talk to NCM about dreaming big while retaining their own vision.
View More Apu Trilogy Sequel “Avijatrik” Wins Laurels at Montreal Independent Film Festival
Fadi Salback began playing soccer at a young age. His dream was to go to Europe and play in a professional league. Now he plays for Ukraine’s Podillya Khmelnytskyi FC.
View More Canadian Soccer Player Goes Pro in Ukraine
International students have faced a well of challenges in light of the pandemic. Read how one international student has taken her time at home to use music as a channel for hope.
View More By Your Side: Finding Voice in Music as an International Student
In our pandemic work-from-home world, where every day is dress-down Friday, pajamas have become indispensable, multi-purpose clothing. They are even acceptable on work Zoom calls—at least below the waist.
View More Don’t Mind My PJs
“Soul Sisters Pakistan” started as a small Facebook group in 2013 and has now become a powerful global online community to support oppressed women. Founder of the group, Kanwal Ahmed, tells New Canadian Media why she was compelled to amplify the voices of the women she encountered.
View More Shunned by Sponsors, a Controversial Show for Pakistani Women Gets Powered by Social Media
Refugee journalists based in Toronto share their stories of writing in exile and the difficulties of ‘reinventing’ themselves for Canadian journalism.
View More Refugee Journalists on Breaking into Canadian Journalism
One in five Canadians has a favourite live music venue in their community and half believe it is likely the venue will close, impacting their neighbourhoods economically, culturally, and socially.
View More COVID-19 and the Day the Music Died
Vancouver Fashion Week, the largest and longest-running event of its kind in Canada turns 20 this year, driven by one man’s passion for fashion
View More Jamal’s Journey is a Runway Success Story
Darmiyaan, a fictional podcast created by Aparita Bhandari, takes the audience on a sentimental walk through the streets of Delhi as revisited by two old friends who have long left India and now live separate lives, in Toronto and in Singapore.
View More Darmiyaan: A Tale of Rendezvous, Roots, and Resonance