Politics & Current Affairs

The Beautiful West and the Beloved of God

The first novel by Vancouver-based playwright Michael Springate is the latest in a small wave of fiction focusing on the fraught relations between the West and the Middle East. A small wave, not because the ... Read More »

November 13, 2014 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Politics & Current Affairs

Tell Everyone: Why We Share and Why It Matters

By Alfred Hermida

When an unarmed black teen by the name of Michael Brown was gunned down by police in the Missouri suburb of Ferguson in August, Twitter erupted with outrage over what many saw as an unjustified, ... Read More »

October 17, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Science, Technology & Environment

Technocreep: The Surrender of Privacy and the Capitalization of Intimacy

By Thomas P. Keenan

We live in an age where the spread of information technology has far outstripped our understanding or control over it. We face the daunting prospect of a reality where privacy is increasingly rare and the ... Read More »

October 17, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Science, Technology & Environment

A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice

By Joshua Kahn Russell; Stephen D'Arcy; Toban Black; Tony Weis; eds.

The essay collection A Line in the Tar Sands: Struggles for Environmental Justice is variously a manual, a call to action, and a series of first-hand accounts of a movement. While the struggle over mining ... Read More »

October 9, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Who We Are: Reflections on My Life and Canada

By Elizabeth May

With the Canadian federal election coming next year, it’s no surprise that politicians and pundits are flooding bookstores with new tomes. Into the fray steps Green Party leader Elizabeth May with a volume billed as ... Read More »

October 2, 2014 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography, Politics & Current Affairs

Our Scandalous Senate

By J. Patrick Boyer

When J. Patrick Boyer writes that the recent senate expenses scandal “dominated media coverage, overtook the national conversation,” he may be overstating the case just a little bit. The story of four senators – Mike ... Read More »

August 27, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Duffy: Stardom to Senate to Scandal

By Dan Leger

For better or worse, there’s nothing like a scandal to rile people up about the political status quo. The Canadian senate, viewed by the public with begrudging apathy at the best of times, is a ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Tragedy in the Commons: Former Members of Parliament Speak Out About Canada’s Failing Democracy

By Alison Loat and Michael MacMillan (eds.)

It is not difficult to get people, even former MPs, to agree that Canada’s democracy is broken. The challenge is getting people to agree on the nature of the problem and possible solutions. In Tragedy ... Read More »

June 26, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Extreme Mean: Trolls, Bullies and Predators Online

By Paula Todd

"The Web was designed as an instrument to prevent misunderstandings." So says Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web. Quoted early on in Paula Todd's new book, Lee's comment elicits about ... Read More »

June 23, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Night Canada Stood Still: How the 1995 Quebec Referendum Nearly Cost Us Our Country

By Robert Wright

In the pantheon of history-altering near-misses, few political events have left as large and lasting a “What if?” as the 1995 Quebec referendum. On Oct. 30 of that year, Quebec’s citizens voted by the thinnest ... Read More »

June 19, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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