There seems to be more than a little interest here in Canada to launch a news station similar to the FOX News channel in the US, aka Fox News North . There are a few articles out there in the mainstream media touching upon the subject: CBC and Globe And Mail. here is an article on Rabble.ca. Wou...
August 28, 2010 Showtime I’m not sure I can explain how unlikely it was that tonight’s gala would be such a massive success. Three hours before the curtain rose, I was honestly curled up in a ball, praying in utter exhaustion that we would even have films to show. After a 36-hour sleepless mar...
Short but sweet - Just thought I should post a link to a piece in the Economist . . . as it is of interest to those defending a civil society space . . . as an internet - no longer accessible, no longer free and possibly controlled and monitored by states could be an increasing problem. It shows a g...
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In 1847, the superintendent general for Indian affairs in Upper Canada asked Egerton Ryerson, to prepare a report that considers strategies for native education. In it, Ryerson suggested that the federal government educate “Indians” in separate schools that focused on religion and manual labour. To some, his report marked the beginning of the residential school system in Canada — a national calamity that natives and non-natives have considered a genocide.
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