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Roots and reconciliation

As I write, a ceremony called “Witnessing the Future” is streaming live to televisions around the newsroom from Rideau Hall in Ottawa. It is a window into a world of hurt, and healing. With Excellency...

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Are Canadians "deeply unimpressive"?

Canadians are a mediocre lot. At least, that was the opinion of Lord Moran, British High Commissioner in Ottawa from 1981-84, as spelled out in letters sent to the British Foreign office. The letters,...

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Great Lakes be dammed

Imagine how the several million inhabitants of the Lake Chad watershed feel today. The lake they depended on, once the sixth-largest in the world, is now a tenth of its former size. The shrinking of...

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Considering the canoe

Last Thursday morning, a small group convened in a boardroom in downtown Toronto for a brainstorming session. There were two boxes of Tim Hortons doughnuts on the table, and sandwiches ordered for...

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A conversation about reconciliation

I’d like to share the spirit of a conversation I had this morning over breakfast – and some thoughts about healing, Hudson Bay, Wikipedia and the stories we tell. My conversation partner was Mike...

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Rainbows over the Reserve

It’s Aboriginal History Month, and I just spent a week on the Mishkeegogamang First Nation, seven hours drive north of Thunder Bay. I was there to do arts and music workshops for school kids with three...

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The notion of a nation

“Rupert’s Land” (Image, Wikimedia Commons) Today is National Aboriginal Day in Canada, and a good time to reflect on the relationship between Aboriginal people and Canadians at large. We’re...

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Mariposa minority report

There was a rainbow over the Mariposa Folk Festival site, as the grand old dame celebrated her 50th anniversary last weekend in Orillia, Ontario. But some metropolitan festival-goers quietly wondered...

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Why Alberta should fund "Dirty Oil"

Alberta’s Minister of Culture and Community Spirit has an arithmetic problem. He thinks  provincial funding for a documentary questioning the Alberta oil sands  just doesn’t add up. “It’s wackier and...

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Not just the Average Lakes

Documentary filmmaker Kevin McMahon knows the Great Lakes as few people do: He spent years making the acclaimed documentary “Waterlife,” a portrait of the Great Lakes in peril. The stunning film has...

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The sickness and the healing

A couple of years ago I dove into the works of William Faulkner. Some I liked, some I didn’t, but through Faulkner’s unique vision and voice, I did gain some insight into the American south, which was...

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Northbound II, Calgary, March 18

Back by popular demand after a stellar show last May, this unique evening performance / presentation will feature: Back by popular demand after a stellar show last May, this unique evening performance...

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