Inevitable Reckonings, Or, Where Do We Go from Here?

Exploring the evolution of inter-cultural and transnational perspectives within the full Canadian Theatre Review ( CTR) archive, the co-authors probe CTR’s historical engagement with nationalist sentiments, colonial legacies, and immigrant experiences across its fifty-year history. Our in-depth archival research highlights CTR’s gradual shift toward greater inclusion of BIPOC, inter-cultural, and/or transnational voices, while addressing systemic barriers and historical erasures. In this sense, the study traces the trajectory of CTR’s thematic focus from nation-building to broader transnational and inter-cultural exchanges, showcasing its role in fostering meaningful dialogue that extends substantially beyond the aesthetic realm. Nevertheless, this study also critically questions the vestiges of a settler-centric approach and considers its implications, while advocating for increased accessibility and representation, particularly of transnational voices from the Global South. Through perhaps employing a slightly utopian lens, the article poses structural questions while seeking to provoke dialogue around the urgent demands that interconnected global crises place on us, as artists and citizens of reimagined, solidarity-based communities.