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"This is not an apathetic moment," activist Harsha Wallia said. Protesters were demonstrating against the move towards the privatization of Canada's universities that some believed the G8 University S
Wikileaks came up in conversation at the Northern Voice conference earlier this month. Infocult blogger Bryan Alexander mentioned it to me when I asked him what he thought about the...
Meryl Streep, speaking today at the Barnard College commencement in Manhattan, told graduates that..."If you are touched by the success fairy you are duty-bound to spread what you know around like...
Marine biologists from University of Victoria staff the Ucuelet aquarium a breath away from the sea. This is just a photographic teaser to the story I'm working on now about my weekend in Ucuelet as
Before I hit the road for Uculet this afternoon, I facilitated a writing seminar for twenty fellows from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. I thought it might be an interesting...
"So, you're all Canadians?" Sarah McLachlan asked. "So, I can diss Americans?" Laughter rippled through the Fairmont Hotel ballroom at Canon Canada's gala luncheon for 150 dignataries,...
A beloved blogger and musician, both Vancouver personalities at different stages of their careers, stand together after a stunning performance by Sarah McLachlan at the Fairmont Hotel ballroom,...
"Cautionary fables, soft core titillation are simply fodder for new policies, " Infocult blogger Bryan Alexander said, as he delved into his subject, "fearsome media" and "haunted spaces". So began...
Many lifetimes ago, I lived in Nashville, Tennessee. I was 21 when I arrived in the city, a recent graduate of Northwestern University, eager to start my first job at The Tennessean newspaper. These...
It started with introductions. Eleven students and recent graduates from SFU and UBC, a professional editor, and one activist, said what they read on a daily basis and what makes them passionate...