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Join us tomorrow at the Morrin Centre in Quebec City for the book launch of Bilingual Being by Kathleen Saint-Onge. This special event is part of the ImagiNation Writers’ Festival.
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Written by a survivor of childhood abuse, this moving memoir traces the influence of the author’s mother tongue in the formation of … Read More >
The following is excerpted from Reclaiming Indigenous Planning, edited by Ryan Walker, Ted Jojola and David Natcher.
Planning is about moving beyond the status quo. It is about being proactive as opposed to constantly reacting to day-to-day crises. It involves thinking about where a community wants to be down the road and taking calculated actions to achieve this future. … Read More >
The following is excerpted from the Ottawa Citizen’s summary of O.D. Skelton: The Work of the World, 1923-1941 by Norman Hillmer.
In 1923, prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King faced his first Imperial Conference. It was a daunting prospect. Going to London marked his first significant appearance on the world stage. Given his lack of experience, not … Read More >
What you may have missed this week at MQUP
Capturing a vision of Canadian nationalism
An exploration of the hinterland between the havens of faith and the rough terrain of doubt
But what is sound to theatre, or theatre to sound?
A review excerpt of Women’s Work, Women’s Art
What else?
Jeff Bezos buys Washington Post
Top 10 … Read More >
The following is excerpted from But for Now by Gordon Johnston.
1 Woodpecker
How many mornings
will you bash your head
against this metal pole
supposing that at last today this once
it will yield to your attack some unmetal grub?
2 Hummingbird
How irresistibly sweet
must this beebalm be
for you to linger here
next to my hand,
ignoring me?
To learn more about … Read More >
The following is excerpted from the Worn Through review on Women’s Work, Women’s Art by Judy Thompson.
Women’s Work, Women’s Art is the most recent volume on Athapaskan clothing by former museum curator Judy Thompson, focusing on nineteenth-century outfits, accessories, and the concomitant social and cultural practices. As a material culture study, the beauty and … Read More >
The following is excerpted from The Official Picture by Carol Payne.
By the 1950s, landscape would come into focus in Still Division work. A 1958 photo story “From Sea to Sea …,” for example, cites historian Arthur Lower and states: “Canada … had sought and found a new consciousness – a national spirit – in the … Read More >
The following is excerpted from Dramaturgy of Sound in the Avant-garde and Postdramatic Theatre by Mladen Ovadija.
But what is sound to theatre, or theatre to sound? What would be the motive and the cue for our cry for sound? Whatever the answers to this quasi-Shakespearean question, it holds true that sound has become the subject … Read More >