Forgotten Canadian kids' shows and more arts stories you might have missed

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These are the week's can't-miss stories:

8 Canadian kids' shows you forgot you loved (CBC Life)

If you grew up in the 90s, you might have just remembered some of these shows. CBC Life put together a list of Canadian children TV shows that should have never left our minds. From a bleached blonde Ryan Gosling in Breaker High to the pineapple puppet aptly named Ananas in Téléfrançais, the list has all the classics. Read on for everything you need to know about your old favourite shows and where they are now — just in case you were wondering.

'We were completely blown away:' Google Canada praises Moncton fourth-grader's Google doodle design (CBC New Brunswick) 

Wesley Babin, a 9-year-old from Moncton, is one of the twelve finalists in the Doodle 4 Google contest that asked students from across Canada to design a new doodle for the country's 150th birthday. Combining science and art, Babin created a metal sculpture for the contest — something he believes represents Canada's future technological advances. The 3D design, which looks similar to a robot, received plenty of praise from Google, with one team member saying, "He is one of the coolest kids I think I've ever had the pleasure of talking to." Canadians will be able to vote for their favourite design before June 2nd.

What it's like to see my childhood friend Abel become Canada's North Star (CBC 2017) 

In this personal essay, poet and writer Adebe DeRango-Adem looks back on her childhood friendship with Abel Tesfaye, who you may know better as The Weeknd. As a Canadian with Ethiopian heritage, DeRango-Adem talks about what it means for her and the Ethiopian-Canadian community at large to see one of their own rise to fame. Reflecting on her own artistry as a poet and writer, she delves into the parallels between her own career path and The Weeknd's — and what it means to be incorporate Canadian and Ethiopian identity in one's work.

'I have to learn how to cry': Residential school survivor's experiences subject of documentary (CBC Saskatchewan)

A new documentary, From Up North by Trudy Stewart, chronicles the time Noel Starblanket spent in Lebret Residential School. The documentary film follows Starblanket as he recounts his experiences in the Saskatchewan residential school — something that required him to bare his soul. He spent 11 years at Lebret Residential School, and many more years recovering from his experiences there. Filmmaker Trudy Stewart, who is from the Flying Dust First Nation, made the film to highlight the humanity behind these residential school experiences: "It's important for people to understand that there's a human being behind all of those stories."

Man in the mirror: Why artist Grayson Perry says masculinity needs a makeover (The Current)

Artist Grayson Perry joined The Current guest host Duncan McCue to talk about modern masculinity and all of its changes. Comparing the ideas of traditional masculinity with our concepts around it today, Perry reflects on the many ways male gender roles have shifted over the years — and the ways they haven't. Among his ideas of what men's rights should really be: the right to be vulnerable, the right to be weak and the right to be uncertain. We'll chest bump that, bro.

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