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WATCH: Canada's Next Bieber?

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 05.16.2013 | Canada Music
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Often touted as the next Justin Bieber, Heather Russell has faced plenty of pressure to perform since being signed by mega-producer Simon Cowell in 20...

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How "Artists" Have Turned into Fame Monsters

Kinnie Starr | Posted 04.01.2013 | Canada Music
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Kinnie Starr

TV programs like The X Factor offer zero insight into the real work ethic behind being a professional artist, all the while encouraging people to think of music as some vain pursuit of splashy fame, setting potentially talented kids and adults up for a permanent sense of dissatisfaction in the arts "unless they become famous."

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Dispatches from Down East: When Seeing is not Believing

Lori Gard | Posted 06.06.2012 | Canada
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Lori Gard

Why in this day and age do we still form quickly arrived at, negative first impressions about people? And why do we so undeniably feed into stereotypical patterns of labelling people based on appearance, confidence levels, fashion sense and charisma, among other equally irrelevant character traits?

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