The Wet’suwet’en and the Space Between (EXCLUSIVE)
Exclusive Exchange:
Hereditary chiefs on RCMP, industry, and government…
Decolonizing B.C.’s Roadside History
Joanne Hammond’s popular article challenges the narratives of B.C.’s roadside signs…
Sangsun Choi’s The History of Intimacy (VIDEO)
Our publisher, Rick Budhwa, selected this video as his staff pick in the Best of Culturally Modified Issue…
Collaborative Storytelling: Speaking the River’s Language
The Skeena River courses through Northern B.C. like an artery flowing through pulse points…
Bob Sandford’s Decades-Long Fight for Fresh Water (VIDEO)
A native of Calgary, Bob Sandford’s commitment to Canada’s mountain world began at 20 years old…
Can Jody Wilson-Raybould Change Canada’s Political Culture?
Bob Chamberlin, chief councillor of Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation and vice president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, remembers Ethel Pearson. She…
Government Ignores UN Calls to Halt Site C Construction
Last month, a deadline bestowed upon Canada by the United Nations’ Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) quietly came and went. It…
Power to the People: How the Church Taketh Away
“If one purges the Judaism of the Prophets and Christianity as Jesus Christ taught it of all subsequent additions, especially those of the priests, one is…
Is Yoga Cultural Appropriation? (2-PART SERIES)
A couple of weeks ago a kindergarten class came to my yoga studio. I asked them what they knew about yoga, and one little boy jumped back into a wiggling, barking…
Slow Motion: Reports from a 4-Year Bike Ride
Lothar Schaefer, a retired anesthesiologist, and his partner Debbie Wellwood, a wildlife ecologist, rode out of their small town…
Shall we Dance? Building Community and Bridging Cultures
There is something in the instinct to dance that activates a euphoric feeling of connection to both our own bodies and to each other. In my 20s, there was the ritualistic…
When it Comes to Climate Change, the Time is Now
In August, people in Prince George, B.C. woke up to the sun blotted out from smoke—an eerie night sky at 9 a.m. that could only be described…
Shared Histories (BOOK REVIEW)
Shared Histories: Witsuwit’en-Settler Relations in Smithers, British Columbia, 1913-1973 (Creekstone Press, 2018) by Tyler McCreary…
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry: Take Your Time
How much time do you need to understand the universe? Without turning the question into a thought experiment about infinity, Neil…
First Love: The Importance of Early-Childhood Relationships
When I first became a parent, I was struck, as I am sure all parents are, by this sense that what I was doing was very important…
Sangsun Choi’s The History of Intimacy (VIDEO)
Sangsun Choi’s short documentary The History of Intimacy will force you to re-examine the casual, everyday relationships in your life…
Sisters Rising: Indigenous Resurgence and Kinship
Since Europeans first invaded Turtle Island (also known as North America), incalculable brutality has been enacted on First Peoples, with girls and…
Indigenous Education through Homeschooling
I had always planned to homeschool my eight-year-old son. Yet, when kindergarten rolled around, he decided he wanted to go to the local public school, where most of his friends were.
