When I first came to Canada, I remember an enthusiastic introduction to a group of painters known as the "Group of Seven." For many Americans, this group and names like Lawren Harris, Tom Thompson, and Emily Carr may be nothing more than an obscure footnote encountered in an art history text, but for Canadians, these artists are important and ...

Canadian composers Violet Archer, Jeanne Coulthard, and Barbara Pentland were three amazing women composers representing different parts of Canada: Archer from Quebec, Coulthard from British Columbia, and Pentland from Manitoba. Even though they came from and represent the broad, expansive country of Canada, they did have some commonalities: all th...