Past Massey lecturers have included Stephen Lewis, crusader in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa; R.C. Lewontin, a pioneer in evolutionary theory, genetics and molecular biology; and Ursula Franklin, respected feminist and research physicist. And this year? Douglas Coupland. Julie needed to see and hear this icon of cool with her own eyes.
Three Months Ago…
Genny Ross-Barons left her job and life in Canada to move to the Caribbean Island of Roatan where seasons don’t exist, time has a surreal quality and living a life of “Just Being” is possible.
A History of Happiness
I think it is probably fair to assume that most Americans today consider happiness not only something that would be nice to have, but something that we really ought to have—and, moreover, something that’s within our power to bring about, if only we set our minds to it. We can be happy, we tell ourselves, teeth gritted. We should be happy. We will be happy.
10 Reasons to Celebrate the Big City Escape
An escapee from the big city finds many reasons to love life in a small community on the West Coast.
Reflections on Workers’ Rights for Labour Day
It is thanks to the Tolpuddle martyrs and their like that we have our rights as employees.
What are You Wearing? Lakota Thoughts on Dress
Mary Black Bonnet offers an in-depth look the modern and traditional dress of Lakota women— beyond the buckskin stereotype of Pocahontas cartoons.
Balloons and Covered Bridges: An Insider’s Guide to Sussex, New Brunswick
Sussex, New Brunswick is a town well worth visiting for its covered bridges reminiscent of The Bridges of Madison County, murals, funky shops, military history and the annual fiesta of hot air balloons.
For the Love of Cheese
“How can one possibly govern a people who make 246 cheeses?” General de Gaulle is supposed to have asked. In few places on earth is cheese as celebrated and revered as it is in France, and one of the highlights is cheese from Pont l’Eveque.
National Frickin’ Pride
This actually happened to me while waiting for a 155 bus on 6th St here in New Westminster, British Columbia. There is a notable Anglo-Saxon word beginning with ‘F’ which played a large part in the dialogue. Since this is a family blog, I’ve rendered that ancient and well-traveled word of Germanic (ig)nobility with some […]
Make Sure You Come Over With an Empty Stomach!
Living in the multicultural society that we do, I am sure many of you have friends who are from India. Maybe most you already know about what I am going to explain in the next few paragraphs, but I feel it is compulsory to let those of you who don’t know that there are a […]
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