Katharine Mulherin, a prominent Toronto gallerist, curates an exhibit of her favorite Canadian artists. It's not all free check-ups and polar fleece up north; Eliza Griffiths satirizes the Canadian dream of middle-class prosperity in her lascivious, rainbow-colored paintings Health Care for Everyone, The Traveller, and Abundance. Photographer brothers Carlos and Jason Sanchez borrow from Jeff Wall and Gregory Crewdson to depict the ennui of a precocious child, alone in his room and surrounded by toys. Graham Gillmore's Boo-Hoo-Waa-Haa is a large, rough-hewn print with the letters and words of the title interspersed with colored squares. Murmurings of angst are undercut by a sincere, if self-effacing, national pride.

- HGM