VANCOUVER, B.C. – Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation saw a national outpouring of grief and anger over indigenous residential schools, and the genocide of Canada’s aboriginal peoples. Now that the day’s drums are stilled, the joined voices of lament
Canadian music professor Bob Pritchard has a tech fix for what ails live electronic music: it’s not sufficiently alive. His solution is to fuse technology with dance, in an “laptop orchestra” composed of musicians, dancers, composers, programmers and hardware specialists, drawn from
International affairs analyst Jonathan Manthorpe writes in today’s column that Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani is performing a dangerous high wire act. An excerpt: As talks resume in Vienna today for a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, it is increasingly apparent that
The effects of human-caused climate change are already evident on all continents and waters, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in its latest report March 31. The report is, undeniably, grim: agriculture, human health, water and land-based ecosystems, water supplies, and
The biggest world news has concerned the release of the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, warning that climate change is already experienced worldwide. But what instead drew the attention of Natural Security columnist Chris Wood was a research
Jim McNiven, author and academic — and now book marketer — reflects on how publishing has changed since he first began writing academic books. An excerpt: Mimi’s is a restaurant chain in the southwestern United States that my wife, Jane, and I
The Scottish diaspora celebrates National Tartan Day today, a celebration that includes Australia, Canada and the United States, of the Scots who have spread around the world. In this video professor and author Ted Cowan talks about the historical links of the
International affairs analyst Jonathan Manthorpe writes in today’s column: It was only a matter of time before the efforts by Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou to improve relations with Beijing came up against the brutal truth that the vast majority of the island’s
A police commander today shot two journalists covering Afghanistan’s election for the Associated Press, killing German photojournalist Anja Niedringhaus and injuring Canadian reporter Kathy Gannon. Said an Associated Press statement by Gary Pruitt: It is with grief and great sadness that I
International affairs analyst Jonathan Manthorpe writes in today’s column: In authoritarian states there is always a fine line between campaigns against social cancers such as corruption, disposing of political rivals in the process, and riding the upheaval to unchallenged personal power. In
The effects of human-caused climate change are already evident on all continents and waters, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said today in a massive report, in the panel’s most plain language yet. Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability warned of
