SCHITT'S CREEK, also a multi-CSA winner which just premiered in its third season, follows closely in second with 13 nominations, while KIM'S . Having hosted several hundred performances and built an incredible artistic community, the duo used their announcement to remind fans and the media that their intention was never to be a permanent institution but a transient space that reflected their romantic relationship (which had since come to an end). This is the year it happened. (The winner of the contest, by the way, got the chance to visit both spots on a special Deadpool tour. The petition has garnered more than 170,000 signatures to date. Like The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was created by Michael Schur, who is maybe the most Canada-obsessed American TV writer. Its glass walls, for instance, are no match against Calgary vandals (or Calgary weather), and according to the local CBC News outlet, the citys spent around $300,000 repairing the panes. Young and his partner were in a building only metres away, but were unable to save them. Chris Hadfield uploads his cover of "Space Oddity," recorded on the International Space Station, Theres only one instance where its OK to bust out an acoustic guitar to sing the cover of a world-renowned song, and thats if your name is Chris Hadfield and you are aboard the International Space Station, floating in zero gravity. Indigenous filmmakers also brought some of the most affecting stories to our screens; a new wave of filmmakers revitalized the indie scene while veterans got called to work on some of the biggest series on Earth; and gender parity became a serious priority with the #TimesUp and #MeToo movements. But its Nathans arc that really messes with truth and fiction. With highlights like the premiere of the sitcom Kims Convenience, Manny Jacintos stereotype-breaking role on The Good Place, Sandra Oh becoming the first Asian person to host the Golden Globes, and the announcement of Simu Liu as Marvels first Asian superhero, the last decade was full of watershed moments. Its rare for a TV series to successfully depict what its like to feel hopeless, depressed, anxious or overwhelmed, sometimes all at once. Jessie Reyez has certainly achieved international success. No doubt, Asian-Canadian representation in the 2010s was stellar. Since then, its become something to look forward to come (early, early) springtime (or late, late winter) in Canada, and its gotten even bigger thanks to the introduction of Canadian Screen Week, which allows for even more time and attention for well-deserved Canadian productions. The thing is, the Globes were Ohs to own entirely. More Gaga, less 90s Cline. But the 2010s truly belonged to Alanis Obomsawin, who at age 87 continues to produce films in partnership with the NFB. Nathan tells her theyll stop filming. It also led to the release of her followup, The Sun and Her Flowers, but were not talking about 2017 (yet). CBC Arts first covered its construction in 2016, when we visited the building site in the foothills of the Andes outside Santiago. OK, so this one isnt a building though the idea of camping under a fibreglass ziggurat isnt entirely terrible, especially if you compare the experience to the average Toronto apartment. Cline Dion begins her Las Vegas residency. Munro was a celebrated visual artist known not only for his provocative (and endearing) works centered around handmade Y-front briefs but also for his creation of spaces like Vazaleen and Torontos The Beaver, which became safe hubs for the LGBTQ+ community. And to essentially copy/paste the spiel from the opening credits, heres the premise: Nathan Fielder (the shows star and co-creator) graduated from one of Canadas top business schools (University of Victoria) with really good grades (B average). During her time on the show, Maslany miraculously made time to act in other projects, with a focus on indie films. A lesser-known but perhaps even more important fact is that on this date, Meghie also became the first Black Canadian female filmmaker to ever have a wide release studio feature film. Starting the year off on what seemed like a hopeful note (oh, how wrong we were), Samantha Bee debuted her often-satirical late-night talk show, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, in February. As he jovially explained the premise of the game and what drew him to it, he called the experience of playing Cyberpunk 2077 breathtaking. He paused, and a fan shouted, Youre breathtaking! from the crowd. Emily Kai Bock directs Grimess iconic video for Oblivion, When Montreal-based director Emily Kai Bock joined forces with Grimes (born Claire Boucher) and cinematographer Evan Prosofsky for the video for Oblivion, the trio likely had no idea that their limited budget and simple premise would garner 200,000 views in just a few days. Maslany got married in 2022 to fellow actor, Brendan Hines. But every now and then, there was still room for an original, standalone story to squeeze into blockbuster territory. ), The plan: Nathan will beat his fear of the opposite sex by dating not one, but 10 women at the same time.. Martin is currently working on musical adaptations of The Princess Bride and Night at the Museum, a sequel to The Drowsy Chaperone, as well as the Netflix film adaptation of The Prom starring Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman. Interior. Its my opinion that non-dominant cultures tend to be more observant and their cultural outputs often richer than dominant ones. He was accepting the 2018 Polaris Music Prize for his debut album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, sung entirely in the Wolastoq language a language that is severely endangered due to Canadas policies of Indigenous assimilation and cultural genocide. Although the songs both peaked within the top 10 on the Canadian charts, they didnt have the same impact in other countries. In a moment that was highly deserved and long overdue, Obsidian Theatre Canadas leading Black theatre company stunned at the Dora Mavor Moore Awards in June when it conquered the play and musical theatre categories simultaneously. They pose as a film crew for Mud 2: Never Clean; they stage a 57th year reunion at Francess old high school. Maki worked with Moriyama & Teshima Architects on the project a firm responsible for several Canadian cultural institutions, including the Canadian War Museum and the Ontario Science Centre. Alternative scenes in particular have exploded in Canada over the last 10 years, with huge epicentres in Vancouver, Edmonton, Montreal, and my beloved Toronto. Allysin Chaynes is a Toronto drag performer and pop cultural sponge, specializing in all things subcultural, queer, camp, strange and unusual. She turns heads in her Atelier Versace dress, but a picture of her eating a New York hot dog after the event (posted to her Instagram) sends a clear signal: Cline Dion is cool now. But two minutes in, you know the man is in trouble. With her Asian glow jokes and speaking Korean on stage, she oh-so solidified her spot as a Canadian queen I will forever stan. When did he graduate to being a force to be reckoned with, a young artist whom you wanted to cradle and dance with and ultimately protect? After many rumors and delays, Cline Dion closes the 2010s by launching her most hyped album in decades, Courage. She had been rumored to have been dating Hines since 2020 and told Colbert that he was a great guy. For the last 10 years, we just wanted to perform. This Toronto-born Second City alum took a Tony home in 2006 for co-writing the book for the musical The Drowsy Chaperone, but he didnt stop there. Here are a few of the many, many examples. Michel Marc Bouchards Tom la ferme debuts at Centre du Thtre dAujourdhui, Playwright Michel Marc Bouchards Tom on the Farm (Tom la ferme) made its debut at the Centre du Thtre dAujourdhui in Montreal in January, which clearly kicked the year off right. David Altmejds Flux exhibit opens at the Muse dart contemporain de Montral, David Altmejd The Flux and The Puddle (James Ewing/Andrea Rosen Gallery). This freaks me out. Are they still OURS? As some were hitting the Hollywood big-time, artists like Denis Ct, Anne mond, Sbastien Pilote, Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie were also becoming international festival darlings embraced by out-of-province and out-of-country audiences alike. Billy-Ray Belcourts poem Love is a Moontime Teaching appeared here before it ended up in his Griffin Poetry Prize-winning book This Wound is a World. It debuted at No. Girls. All of these moments showed how Canadians responded to the need for better Asian representation during the 2010s. government was telling the arts community they wouldnt get as much funding if they didnt try harder to include us.) 3,978 Tatiana Maslany Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO All Sports Entertainment News Archival Browse 3,978 tatiana maslany stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Meanwhile, Dolan became mind-bogglingly prolific and had his arthouse blockbuster moment with Mommy, then produced Adeles Hello music video and directed in Europe and the U.S. As a francophone Qubcoise living in Toronto and working in the film industry, this decade felt like watching the kids we had cared for and supported emotionally and financially for years suddenly fly the coop and leave home. If NFY has a fourth wall, this was the first scam to smash it. This year alone, Canadian female filmmakers Alexandra Lazarowich and Grace Glowicki won top prizes at Sundance and SXSW respectively. Airing on Comedy Central between 2013 and 17, its a prank show on its surface a spoof of reality makeover series in the vein of, say, The Profit (or because this is CBC, Under New Management). Whether the water monster/fish-man cares about any of this remains a mystery. And on the world stage, after decades of sporadic success outside the province, Qubcois filmmakers embarked on a stratospheric upward trajectory with a wild combo of arthouse and blockbuster gold. Thomas Leblanc is a Montral-based broadcaster, comedian and producer who co-hosts CBC Podcasts Chosen Family. Its one of the finest things Kims Convenience has given us. Elliot Page is living proof of that. Just 26 years old at the time, Halifax-born Page became one of only a handful of folks at his level of celebrity to make the decision to come out publicly as gay. I love drag. Through vivid storytelling at the hands of his gender-fluid, time-travelling alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, Monkmans work used historical events to celebrate the resilience of Indigenous people despite the onslaught of colonialism. The song performed best in Furtados homeland, failing to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. I suppose its what makes this segment one of the more powerful moments in NFYs run: its just candid enough to shake your grasp of whats genuine or scripted, fact or fiction. (Hell turn 19 soon; does that make you feel old?). Writer/director Christopher Nolan hopped back to Alberta for his next sci-fi adventure. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the first time in 17 years. And since Indigenous peoples supposed lack of history, art, politics, science, medicine and culture was often used to excuse Canadas systematic attempts to wipe out our nations, this sort of erasure had concrete effects on our lives. Ryan Goslings heartbreaking performance in Blue Valentine hits cinemas. It also shines its comedic light on gaps in communication that result from existing in a culture that often doesnt understand the nuances of Asian family dynamics. After wrapping her 16-year on/off Vegas gig this past June (a fact: the residency was only supposed to last three years), shes gone on to embark on a 50-plus city tour across North America in support of her new album, Courage, and win the affections of anyone with an affinity for couture fashion, eccentricity and stirring renditions of My Heart Will Go On (in other words, anybody with a pulse). The rest of Canada is arguably more culturally open than Quebec (Im looking at you, Bill 21) but has yet to truly tap into its multitude of storytelling options and voices. Still, few could have anticipated how quickly Atwoods latest instalment would break sales records, selling more print copies in its first week than any other Canadian book has since BookNet Canada began tracking sales in 2005. The result? When did Justin Bieber, a wee baby maestro, evolve into a national treasure? And in the fall of 2012, NFY (accidentally?) Twain fan: lifes about to get good. Was he still controversial? Many of these artists first and second features were noticed fast, and came at a time when world cinema and film festivals were more influential than they had ever been, right before the content boom were now experiencing. . Birth Name: Tatiana Gabriele Maslany Birth Place: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Profession Actor Actor 35 Credits Perry Mason 2023 Orphan Black 2021 Drunk History 2018 Heartland 2018 Parks and. Below, 10 moments that have transformed the zeitgeists relationship to Canadas most famous musical export. And by the time they recruit an exorcist (out, out, incubus!) This is the capitalistic reality behind all art: marginalized artists work will always be considered niche when arts institutions, publishers and galleries continue to treat it as niche. The 2010s saw screen industries worldwide experience a fundamental metamorphosis: streaming services changed the game in terms of the ways audiences watch content and how creators compete in the marketplace. Its incredible how quickly these same institutions that shut us out changed their tunes and got on board once they realized we could not only get them awards recognition but also make them money. Alternative drag shows that gender expression isnt a two-dimensional plane its a sphere. Canada had no greater presence on Broadway this decade than with Irene Sankoff and David Heins smash musical Come From Away. Hope you worked out that complicated situation, Tegan and Sara. Marketing tactics have infiltrated ordinary life in ways that are increasingly absurd, and every time a NFY stunt went viral, it was like the universe clicking the like button, as if to say, yes, nothing you were taught makes sense anymore. Halfway through 2019, a series of pictures of the actor holding his hand inches away from the backs of women he took pictures with (including Dolly Parton!) audiences said goodbye to the cast of "Schitt's Creek" on Tuesday with the series finale. The 2010s were a huge decade for Broadway. We have the people, the talent and the perspectives we need to create the big, bold Cancon canon weve all been waiting for. Billboard 200 chart, a first in 17 years (and an achievement a decade in the making). Leah Collins is the senior writer at CBC Arts. (If youre in Toronto, be sure to take in something from their current program). Is NFY spoofing reality TV? We leave behind the industrial room and theatrical costumes, and now its just Young and the five dancers in rehearsal sweats, offering a series of ravishing meditations-in-dance on trauma, hope, support and the painstaking, repetitive work of recovery. (Evidently, Jason Wu is your go-to for moments of celebration and mourning. Hes 78 and lives alone. Off they went with their new beautiful-people families, while we stood in the window waving lovingly and slightly nervously. The actress told ET Canada that she'd "love" to be involved in a movie, if it was done in the. That's largely thanks to Maslany, a 10-year improv veteran who won the Canadian Improv Games in 2002 during high school. And for Black Canadian female filmmakers, it can feel virtually impossible. Now this is how you close out a decade. And of course, this past year she was the very first Canadian contestant to compete on the ever popular RuPauls Drag Race. KC Hoard edits the Arts and Culture section of Carleton Universitys the Charlatan, and has written for The Globe and Mail and the National Post. In addition to being set in Toronto, the writer-director herself is Canadian and delivered an acceptance speech that burgeoning artists need to hear. And whats even cooler (to me) is that it was eventually used as a Jeopardy! 'Perry Mason' Star Tatiana Maslany on the Balancing Act of Playing Sister Alice . And this preoccupation continued into the 2010s, notably with the 2011 episode Royal Pudding. Clearly parodying the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, it centres around the wedding of the prince of Canada. During the ceremony, the princes bride is suddenly abducted, leading people all over Canada to kill themselves in despair and Rush to perform their own version of Candle in the Wind.. But between you and I, Ive never seen it, because I refuse to believe Ryan Gosling saved jazz. With Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Dan Levy, Annie Murphy. Tina Feys NBC sitcom, 30 Rock, was obsessed with Canada since it premiered in 2006 (which may or may not have had something to do with Canada-born executive producer Lorne Michaels). 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the most-viewed video on YouTube until Psys Gangnam Style surpassed it in November of 2012. B.C. Set in Toronto (so rare!) She also went on to win the Juno Award for Aboriginal album of the year. Then, spend $350,000 staging every detail so that everything happened to him for real. Few episodes push the definition of truth quite like this one. Thats just the basic formula, but from the first episode, NFY was engineering something grander than a five-year troll. To balance making millions, raising twins and mayyyyybe also to rescue Las Vegas tourism after the catastrophic crash of the Great Recession, Dion launches a second residency on the Strip. Lawren Harriss Mountain Forms sells for a record-breaking $9.5 million, Lawren Harris Mountain Forms (Heffel Fine Art Auction House). The score accompanied the story of Joaquin Phoenixs characters evolution from heartbroken man to even more of a heartbroken man after he falls in love with his operating systems virtual assistant (Samantha, voiced by Scarlett Johansson) which, in 2019, doesnt seem like a stretch. But of course, the seriess rare brand of genius and grit was thanks in part to Canadians Michelle MacLaren, who directed 11 episodes and served as an executive producer, and Moira Walley-Beckett, who worked on the show as both a writer and producer and earned an Emmy for outstanding writing after she penned the episode Ozymandias. They are the danger. In 2019, the citys tourism department even launched a contest. Instead of Washington State University, nave heroine Anastasia Steele hangs out on the University of British Columbia campus. Written by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, the musical Come From Away is set in Gander, N.L., in the days following the Sept. 11 attacks, when 38 planes containing nearly 7,000 passengers were forced to land as part of Operation Yellow Ribbon (in which Canada helped ensure air traffic was cleared from U.S. airspace). All of us are destined to be Taylor Russell superfans, and truly, I am ready. But in a decade of mega-powered blockbusters, Scott Pilgrim was always going to be the misfit. (But thats two years from now, so lets move on.). That temporary site is marked for a Westbank condo development, which is also designed by Ingels, and the complex is expected to feature a pixel-ish aesthetic, very similar to Unzipped. This colonial mentality that Indigenous people are backward or uncivilized or a problem that needs to be solved directly resulted in the creation of government-mandated residential schools, drastically interrupting our nations cultural and artistic development. You wont be sorry. Absolutely check it out. And when she tells Nathan she likes him, she acts like she means it nevermind the $350/hour fee. Workshopped in Oakville, Ont., Come From Away made its official premiere in San Diego before eventually taking over the world (and providing an opportunity for Justin Trudeau to spend an evening with Ivanka Trump, but lets forget about that). But was it enough? Tatiana Maslany on how 'She-Hulk' became one of Marvel's funniest shows. But less so? In 2011, Winnipeg-based artist Sarah Anne Johnson showed photographs from a residency she participated in a couple of years before in which she travelled along with scientists and activists as they traversed the Arctic Circle for 21 days. She . Over the last 10 years, Canadian artists have been storming the world stage like never before in music, film and TV, literature, visual art, dance, theatre and everything in between. John Barton, former editor of The Malahat Review, described the impact this had in the afterword of the magazines first all-Indigenous issue, called Indigenous Perspectives. Barton wrote that the issue was in part inspired by a letter the British Columbia Arts Council sent to literary magazines in 2015, exhorting us not only to better represent Indigenous writers in our pages, but to involve them in our decision-making. (Basically, the B.C. A lack of Asian-Canadian representation, as well as the ceremonys emphasis on First Nations culture despite, well, the Canadian government failing to prioritize Indigenous communities at any other time. Canadas premier pop punk darlings went full pop with this single. Its an incubus which is way less surprising than Sues reaction. And as 2019 comes to a close, social media is buzzing with excitement for her next film The Photograph, releasing Valentines Day 2020 and starring two of the biggest names in this current Black Hollywood Renaissance: Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield. Its trickier still when it comes to Quebec filmmakers. (Come back to us, Claire. I cannot imagine what my life would be without it. (The fact that that scene isnt already gay canon is, to me, a greater outrage than any Emmy snub.). The only asset left to them is a small, unsophisticated town: Schitt's Creek. In 2019 two years after it dropped on Netflix, four years after it premiered on CBC and with 18 Canadian Screen Awards to its name Schitts Creek was finally recognized by the Emmys with four nominations, including an outstanding comedy series nod. With each birth, Alanis experienced postpartum depression (PPD) and over the course of these 10 years, she has never shied away from publicly sharing those experiences and what shes learned in the hopes of helping other people in the same situation. Because while so many hits hinged on at least a little navel-gazing (heres looking at you, Drake), the decade was still largely defined by abandoning traditional Canadian humility by jams about love, lust and not being able to feel ones face, set to beats even more addictive than the hooks theyre anchored to. The Hamilton native scored a Tony nomination for best featured actor in a musical for his portrayal of Cheech in the 2014 production of Bullets Over Broadway. In what is perhaps his quirkiest career move since 47 Ronin, Keanu Reeves will voice a leading character in Cyberpunk 2077, a video game set in a dystopian future. It ruminated on histories, ruins and water itself, and it was a moving tribute to the site. David Ly is the author of the chapbook Stubble Burn and the poetry collection Mythical Man. Whod have thought it would be the start of a career equally as prolific and powerful? Starring Dolans muses Anne Dorval and Suzanne Clment as the mother and tutor of a troubled teen with violent tendencies (Antoine-Olivier Pilon), its Dolans magnum opus: hilarious, heartbreaking and extremely well acted. (That gleaming white exterior is sandblasted granite.) In Nathan, theres no doubt were dealing with an emotional midget. (His words, not mine.) The song brought the superstar DJ to the top 40 in Canada, educating a generation of Canadians about Bradburys terrifying, dystopian storytelling along the way. Like the hungry overachievers we are, we then succeeded wildly, all over your face. There was a big reason to celebrate Domee Shis Oscar win on Feb. 24, and not only because her animated short about an aging Chinese-Canadian woman and a little dumpling that comes to life was the perfect way to spend eight minutes. Its the Bentall 5 building downtown. Sophie Deraspes Antigone a modern update of Sophocles Greek tragedy thats centered on an immigrant family living in Montreal became Canadas official entry for best international feature film at the 2020 Academy Awards. But as we bid farewell to the 2010s, thats all changed: Cline Dion is the new queen of cool. One of the shows epic works featured a sort of temple hung with plants and a hammock fashioned from an afghan. Canada has been heavily featured in South Park since it started back in 1997 (even more than in The Simpsons). Admittedly, despite the attention given to Guillaume Ct the choreographer and principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada who also starred in the film Lost in Motion didnt change the distribution game. Over four seasons, the greatest and most elaborate stunt Nathan for You ever produced was the series itself. Now finished, the temples curved wings fold together to create a dome of glass, marble and steel and it glows from within come nightfall. Hand-picked links plus the best of CBC Arts, delivered weekly. Based on the iconic graphic novel series by Bryan Lee OMalley, director Edgar Wrights Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a love letter to a city that often plays dress-up. Fielder is a comedian a dry one. Shot among a 50,000-person crowd of motorbike rally spectators in a football stadium (and a mosh pit made up of Bouchers brother and his friends), the video juxtaposed the tiny Boucher atop the shouting, shoving, shirtless masses and created a playful effect that also addressed themes of traditional masculinity. Looking back, I realize that regardless of the set, if theres one time Tat has never said sorry, its between action and cut. Shes always been a fucking savage in the work itself, from her raw performance in 2010s Grown Up Movie Star to beating the shit out of Nicole Kidman in last years Destroyer. And of course, we were in luck: two more mixtapes followed the same year, which completed a trilogy. Both July Talk and Tagaq have more than proven their capacity to craft challenging, beautiful music and still reach the masses, and its about time they each get international recognition. Trailblazers like Patricia Rozema and Mina Shum also collaborated with Ellen Page and Sandra Oh on their excellent features Into the Forest and Meditation Park. The TRCs final report titled Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future marked not only the birth of reconciliation as a political catchphrase, but also a cultural shift in how Indigenous art and artists were perceived and engaged with. For what artistic culture can thrive when its peoples children have been stolen from their arms? It quickly became the job of anyone who had just discovered him to find out everything we could about him. The series took home the Golden Globe for best television limited series and led to individual wins for stars Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern and Alexander Skarsgrd, as well as a plethora of Emmys. First stop: Toronto. Featuring Paul Giamatti in the titular role, the film earned Giamatti a Golden Globe, won several Genie Awards and garnered an Academy Award nomination for best makeup. Were all for his relationship with Alexandra Grant, but its hard not to dream about a Sandanu. I am one of those ladies. Because from the very first frame, CBCs Schitts Creek established itself as a series rooted in family, in friendship and even in kindness, particularly since each character was painted as flawed and real but still inherently good. Discussing homegrown artists who break out internationally is always tricky. Time magazine called it one of the worlds 100 greatest places; Azure dubbed it the best civic landmark of 2018; Architectural Digest included it among the most futuristic libraries on the planet. When architect Fumihiko Maki got the assignment to build North Americas first museum of Islamic art and culture, capturing the concept of light was apparently the brief. Whose advice can you believe? Hes convinced hell reach a happy ending, erasing a lifetime of misery. In the late aughts, there was nothing hotter than vampire romance, and by 2010, it was like someone had slashed an artery on the whole trend. her seven evil exes including, fun fact, the future Captain America (Chris Evans). But connect it did. That I would be good even if I did nothing, she sang. Instead, hes the cool, confident, hot one, and kind of a rebel and it is everything to see an Asian actor cast this way on a comedy show, unabashedly making mistakes and fumbling through life. (As a gay man, I stand by the fact that it objectively is.). I was immediately taken back to moments when I was a child and my parents probably wanted to flick me on the head for doing something trivial in public (Asian kid problems).

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