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Richard Pound has spent half a lifetime identifying, collecting, and organizing thousands of quotations. Quotations for the Fast Lane is the result of that effort, selected by someone with an impressive range of local, national, and international experience, and arranged alphabetically by theme to be easily accessible for all readers and all occasions.
We … Read More >
The following is excerpted from The Once and Future Great Lakes Country by John L. Riley.
The Great Lakes country ‒ our first wild west ‒ now supports a population of more than forty-five million and a shared annual economy of more than $1 trillion. It is a place that is open to the continent, … Read More >
This is the weekly round-up for MQUP news and events.
Grant Hayter-Menzies’ guest blog post:
Cui Yongping: The Artistry and Heroism of a Shadow Master
As we scour the internet this week for Thanksgiving side dish recipes, the following excerpt from Michael Mikulak’s The Politics of the Pantry: Stories, Food, and Social Change serves up some food for thought.
What to eat? It seems like a simple question, but a quick glance at bookshelves and the media reveals scores … Read More >
Miranda Campbell, author of Out of the Basement: Youth Cultural Production in Practice and in Policy, was a guest on CBC’s Cinq à Six to discuss DIY culture with host Jeanette Kelly.
We’re talking about everything from crafters selling handmade dolls to “zines” published in basement apartments, from artisanal bakeries to indy record labels.
But what’s driving this generation of creative young … Read More >
The following is an excerpt from Melvin Charney’s catalogue essay for Montreal Plus or Minus?, an exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from 1972. The essay can be found in On Architecture: Melvin Charney, a Critical Anthology edited by Louis Martin.
This exhibition is about Montreal and the people who … Read More >
We’re excited to have Grant Hayter-Menzies, author of Shadow Woman: The Extraordinary Career of Pauline Benton, as today’s guest blogger.
This past summer, I was presented with a collection of antique shadow figures, painted parchment veterans of performances in China from some seventy years ago. The collection was chosen for me by its owner, Cui Yongping, … Read More >
This is the weekly round-up for MQUP news and events.
Big news! Sandra Djwa’s Journey with No Maps
is a 2013 Governor General’s Award finalist
The following excerpt is from Michael Mikulak’s Politics of the Pantry: Stories, Food, and Social Change.
Most of us have seen commodity biographies such as Robert Kenner’s Food Inc., filled with tragic tales of the “true costs” of cheap food in the form of obesity, environmental degradation, the death of the family farm, and … Read More >
McGill-Queen’s is thrilled to announce that Sandra Djwa’s Journey with No Maps: A Life of P.K. Page is a finalist for the 2013 Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction. Congratulations to Sandra!
The winners will be announced on November 13th at a press conference in Toronto. An awards ceremony will take place at Ottawa’s Rideau Hall … Read More >