Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.

Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

Metropolitan Opera Says 'No' to Blackface Otello

Verdi's opera "Otello" is based on Shakespeare’s play about a North African general who becomes a war hero and tries to fit into high — white — society in Venice. It is renowned for its challenging vocals. For over a century, finding anyone to sing the lead part has been difficult. Finding a black singer to portray the Jealous Moor of Venice was next to impossible. "I do not know of a black singer singing Verdi’s 'Otello' in a major opera house...

Read complete article

~	Building home through Ukrainian libraries in Europe

~	UN Members Should Renew Expert on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

~	We spent a month writing and reading in glass boxes. We read faster, wrote more – and inspired passersby

~	Does eating cheese before bed really give you nightmares? Here’s what the science says

~	Tears, trauma and unpaid work: why men in tinnies aren’t the only heroes during a flood disaster

~	The takeaway from the Venice Biennale saga: the art world faces deep and troubling structural inequality

~	10 steps governments can take now to stamp out child sexual abuse in care settings

~	Experiencing extreme weather and disasters is not enough to change views on climate action, study shows

~	Homes are more than walls and a roof, especially for Indigenous people. It’s time housing policy reflects that

~	Antarctic research is in decline, and the timing couldn’t be worse