Sharing Hope In Paraguay
Good Reads February 28, 2018
On its first day in Asuncion, Paraguay, during a stroll along the Paraguay River, the LIFE Team was exposed to the stark reality of inequality. High-rises towered above the flood-plain slums revealing the intense economic disparity of the city. When heavy rain pours and the river rises, squatter [...]
Read full storyThe Building Blocks of a Capital
Good Reads November 17, 2016
It may be hard to believe now, but rail tracks once crisscrossed the National Capital Region like lifelines on a palm, foretelling the life of a growing nation. In fact, the birth, expansion and perhaps the key to the Ottawa-Gatineau area clinching the capital title is largely due to the extensive rail [...]
Read full storyA New Union for a New Tomorrow
Good Reads November 15, 2016
The Canadian Union of Skilled Workers was founded in 1999 to create a pathway for workers and other Canadians to transition from the industrial economy that had formed the base of our society for more than 200 years, to the “information”, knowledge-based economy of the 21st Century. The founding [...]
Read full storyA Big Show with Hat Fitz and Cara for Small Halls
Arts & Events September 27, 2016Images by Roseanne Lake. The Festival of Small Halls is exactly as it sounds, a bunch of bands going to historic and beautiful places around Ottawa playing big shows in small places. The festival is meant to bring life and vitality back to small venues outside of the city landscape. It also gives the [...]
Read full storyIman Najidzadeh Counts the Reasons He's Thankful for His CUSW Membership
Good Reads September 15, 2016
Iman Najibzadeh migrated to Canada from Iran in 2011. Once here, he began his apprenticeship to become a licensed electrician. During his time spent studying, he had to find work; he worked for two years with a non-unionized construction company. “The biggest thing I noticed is that they didn’t [...]
Read full storyWhat’s Happening North of 60
Good Reads September 15, 2016
Canada is a country born from colonization. This process, and the residential schools that followed, have had monstrous effects on First Nations peoples, effects that we are only beginning to acknowledge through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. But the colonization of the North, for the First [...]
Read full storyWomen and Children Gain from Global Affairs Partnership
Good Reads September 15, 2016
Natacha was at a crossroads. Should she marry the man she loved, even though he lived in the water-deprived village of Anoum (Benin), in West Africa? For women in other villages, choosing to live in Anoum was not a decision to take lightly. Young girls and women are traditionally tasked with providing [...]
Read full storyMaking Tracks
Good Reads September 14, 2016
There's a Moose on the Loose and It’s Making Commercial Rail a Reality in the Capital. There’s been quite a buzz around the Prince of Wales Bridge lately. The City of Ottawa bought the bridge that cuts across the Ottawa River in 2005. It has been sitting unused ever since, except by “trespassers”. [...]
Read full storyMeet Thomsen D’Hont
Good Reads September 14, 2016
A Jane Glassco Northern Fellow Who is Helping to Build a Sustainable North The Gordon Foundation is a not-for profit that has invested over $27 million over the last 50 years into northern community projects and freshwater initiatives. The Foundation aims to promote innovation in public policy for [...]
Read full storyPiecing Together the Abstract
Arts & Events September 14, 2016
Photos by Alex Mazur. Have you ever let your mind wander while watching passing clouds floating through the sky? Suddenly those white wisps look like a sailboat, or that fluffy cloud looks unmistakably like a cuddly bunny. This psychological phenomenon is called pareidolia, an instance where the mind [...]
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