Continue Reading... On World Suicide Prevention Day, Inuit leaders talk about the lack of support
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On World Suicide Prevention Day, Inuit leaders talk about the lack of support

by Greg Macdougall Inuit and non-Inuit alike marked World Suicide Prevention Day on Parliament Hill on Sept. 9 with an…

Continue Reading... 9/11 ten years later – a retrospective
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9/11 ten years later – a retrospective

In the interests of preserving history, I’ve compiled some content from back in the immediate aftermath of the September 11th…

Continue Reading... Shifting patterns of gender relations: Interview with ‘Masculinities’ author Raewyn Connell
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Shifting patterns of gender relations: Interview with ‘Masculinities’ author Raewyn Connell

Raewyn Connell, an Australian academic who specializes in social constructions of masculinity, brought her wealth of knowledge to Canada to…

Continue Reading... Aboriginal Understanding booklet
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Aboriginal Understanding booklet

A collection of articles on Indigenous self-determination and sovereignty, rights, resistance, language and culture. In two PDF versions (for either…

Continue Reading... Represent?! – The Multimedia & Multiculturalism challenge
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Represent?! – The Multimedia & Multiculturalism challenge

An article (along w/ podcast & 10 videos) profiling the Multimedia & Multiculturalism Initiative, and it’s Ottawa launch event. The…

Continue Reading... Asking big questions of feminisms: Edyta Just at Women’s Worlds 2011
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Asking big questions of feminisms: Edyta Just at Women’s Worlds 2011

I happened upon Edyta Just near the end of the third day of Women’s Worlds 2011 in July, in the…

Continue Reading... “Canada’s dopest female MC”: Eternia profile (vid) preview for Women’s Worlds 2011
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“Canada’s dopest female MC”: Eternia profile (vid) preview for Women’s Worlds 2011

Her latest album, “At Last” with producer MoSS, was nominated for a Juno and has made the long-list for the…

Continue Reading... Strike at Canada Post?
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Strike at Canada Post?

CUPW keeps its options open in strike negotiations By Greg Macdougall | May 19, 2011 Published at rabble.ca Postal service…