Hooqwa: My Favourite Wet’suwet’en Word
With beautifully reflective writing, Christine Bruce describes her experience participating in a Wet’suwet’en ceremony…
Women Who Dig: A Pastoral Meditation on Time
Trina Moyles gives us a fascinating global tour of communities with women farmers…
Cleaning the Beaches in Iceland’s Remote Westfjords
Ever since our ancestors began to resemble modern humans, the planet’s oceans have helped us flourish…
Clean Drinking Water for All (SOCIAL MEDIA SPOTLIGHT)
For our first ever Social Media Spotlight, we’re thrilled to present this Facebook post by Kevin Haughton…
Water Contamination across the United States (Q&A)
Culturally Modified caught up with Lauren Kaljur, who investigated water contamination in the US with News21…
Water as Protector: Divinities of Vodoun in Benin
Upon arrival in Benin, with its sandy beaches bordered by the Atlantic, it’s easy to wonder if magic could be real…
Power and Prana: When Yoga Leads to Abuse (SERIES)
On a steaming hot afternoon in the Berkshires in 2012, I’ve sought shade in the meditation garden at Kripalu, a health and yoga centre two and a half hours from…
What my Oma Taught Me About Strength (WITH AUDIO)
In a modest three-room home in the town of Kula, dinner has just ended and a multi-generational family of seven settles in for the night. Outside, the winter…
Naomi Alderman’s The Power (BOOK REVIEW)
What would the world be like if women were in charge?This is a central question Naomi Alderman asks in her dystopian novel, The Power (Viking Press, 2016). All…
Transition: First Movement in Sonata Form
My roommate, Camille, banged on the bathroom door, concerned. “Hey, do you need help in there? How is it going?” They had seen me leave the kitchen with scissors…
Eyes in Qaah: Tragedy in a Syrian Refugee Camp (VIDEO)
When Tamim Kalash set out to make his 26-minute documentary Eyes in Qaah, he wanted to tell the story of the hopeful and resilient Syrian people living in Qaah…
5 Things New Immigrants to Canada Should Know
It was part of a journey that began in my home country of Albania, took us to the Netherlands due to my husband’s job and eventually…
Women Who Dig: A Pastoral Meditation on Time
When the first roosters crow in southwestern Uganda, the world outside steeps in darkness. By the second crow, the abahingi mukazi…
Alone Time: An Urban Foodie on Dining Solo (AUDIO)
As someone with small-town roots, the way time moves in a major urban city like Toronto is at a jarring, break-neck pace. Time is condensed…
Why Life Speeds Up (and How to Slow Down)
Does time pass more quickly for old people? And why do they drive so slowly? I’m not old, but I older than I was. Clerks call me miss…
Nathan Cullen on Technology and Politics (AUDIO)
It’s hard to talk about relationships without talking about social media and the profound influence it is having on the way we connect…
Zoltan Grossman’s Unlikely Alliances (BOOK REVIEW)
Britain and France setting aside historical differences with the 1904 Entente Cordiale. Americans and Germans fighting together against the Nazis…
Self Love: Nurturing our #1 Relationship (AUDIO)
When it comes to relationships, the one closest to us is perhaps the one easiest to overlook: our relationship to ourselves…
