By Gail Picco, December 2, 2020 Takaya: Lone Wolf, Cheryl Alexander, foreword Carl Safina, Rocky Mountain Books, September 29, 2020, 192 pp., $29.70 Takaya is the Coast Salish First Nations people’s word for wolf. “Takaya’s life was very odd for a wolf,” writes Carl Safina in his forward to Takaya: Lone Wolf. “Wolves are very social. They usually live in … [Read more...] about Takaya: What a lone wolf teaches us
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#NDOC urges talk about sexual misconduct on November 26
(November 23, 2020) #NDOC, a National Day of Conversation, was formed in the aftermath of the #metoo movement and the disclosure by scores of women—and some men—directed against high-profile celebrities such as Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby and Kevin Spacey. In the wake of sometimes brutal celebrity exposés, Canada wrestled with its own disclosures of sexual misconduct in the … [Read more...] about #NDOC urges talk about sexual misconduct on November 26
Royal Winnipeg Ballet: Celebrating 50 Years of its professional school in 2021
(November 17, 2020) The Royal Winnipeg Ballet has had to cancel its much-loved production of The Nutcracker this year but looks forward to 2021 with artful optimism and in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School's Professional Division which has produced high-calibre dancers who have danced all over the world. Today, the RWB School Professional … [Read more...] about Royal Winnipeg Ballet: Celebrating 50 Years of its professional school in 2021
How are young people in Canada doing?
(November 17, 2020) “Here’s the thing,” says Katherine Hay, CEO of Kids Help Phone in an interview with The Charity Report, “The data will tell us that the mental health of young people in Canada has been a crisis well before COVID. In 2019, 28% of our interactions were about suicide. The isolation is staggering. I don’t mean to be an alarmist. I am a realist. The numbers … [Read more...] about How are young people in Canada doing?
Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened
By Roger Ali (November 12, 2020) Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened and How to Stop the Next One, Debora MacKenzie, Hachette, July 14, 2020, 304 pp., $33.66 Covid-19 is a hot topic, and living through a pandemic, during unprecedented times, has heightened our awareness and growing concerns about the virus, when it will end and what worse threats … [Read more...] about Covid-19: The Pandemic that Never Should Have Happened