Teaching Children About the Mi’kmaq
by“I think it is clear that there is not a whole lot of relevant cultural information in the school systems.”
Columns
Origin Stories: Gilbert Sewell
byFor Sewell, stories are a way to share information, to pass on messages, to report on what is happening in the world now and explore the things that have happened in the past, so that we can apply those lessons to our present and our future.
Origin Stories: Gloria Ann Wesley
byAlthough Gloria Ann Wesley fell into publishing almost by accident, there’s no arguing the fact that it was meant to be. This esteemed poet and author is recognized as the first published Black Nova Scotian poet
Origin Stories: Christy Ann Conlin
by“…for all the travels I’ve done, the most exotic place in the world to me still was the mountain and the valley where I came from.”
Don Connolly’s Favourites
byThese choices come from someone who reads limited nonfiction and is a thoroughly deconsecrated Catholic.
Natural Rights
byDoes nature have rights? Do human beings have rights to nature’s elemental offerings, such as air, water and food, and do we have a responsibility to protect nature? These questions are central
Origin Stories: Finley Martin
byFinley Martin sees writing as “one strand of life meandering through other strands, which might be family, employment, hardships, personal adventures, explorations and things of that nature.”