Politics & Current Affairs

Well of Lies: The Walkerton Water Tragedy

In May 2000 in the community of Walkerton, Ontario, seven people died and over 2,000 others became ill from the vicious and often permanent effects of E. Coli poisoning. The source of the contamination was ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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By James Winter

Readers concerned about the lack of analysis and independent investigative journalism in the mass media will welcome the third of James Winter’s critiques of the fifth estate. Winter is one angry academic, and his polemical ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture

By Bruce Grenville, ed.

The Uncanny is an ambitious compilation of essays relating to one of the past century’s most persistent images: the cyborg. Written by various cultural theorists, curators, and media critics, and complemented by neat images of ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Gardens of Shame: The Tragedy of Martin Kruze and the Sexual Abuse at Maple Leaf Gardens

By Cathy Vine and Paul Challen

When Martin Arnold Kruze ended his life at age 35 by jumping from the Bloor Street Viaduct on Oct. 30, 1997, he had been used and betrayed not only by pedophiles employed at Maple Leaf ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Free as in Speech and Beer: The Internet, Gift Economies and the Intellectual Property Crisis

By Darren Wershler-Henry

In the aftermath of the dot-com bust comes Darren Wershler-Henry, an irreverent voice dancing on the dead bones of e-business hype and devalued high-tech stocks. Free as in Speech and Beer is a wonderful primer ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Letters from Prison: Felons Write About the Struggle for Life and Sanity Behind Bars

By Shawn Thompson

Journalist-turned-academic Shawn Thompson’s correspondence with hard people serving hard time sets a steely tone from the first page. One of the author’s regular correspondents records the metronomic, dreary din of life behind bars: “More guys ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Dark Paths, Cold Trails: A Mountie’s Quest to Link Serial Killers to Their Victims

By Doug Clark

A book that devotes several chapters to the likes of Clifford Olson and Paul Bernardo is bound to compel attention. And the sections of Dark Paths, Cold Trails where author Doug Clark sets out to ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Requiem for a Lightweight: Stockwell Day and Image Politics

By Trevor W. Harrison

A well-researched study of former Canadian Alliance Party leader Stockwell Day’s meteoric rise to the national spotlight, and subsequent fall to political irrelevance, Requiem for a Lightweight serves as a timely epitaph to Day’s political ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Con Game: The Truth About Canada’s Prisons

By Michael Harris

Most people’s vision of life inside a prison comes from popular TV shows like Oz or from such films as Robert Redford’s The Last Castle. But while these works of fiction capture some of the ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Just Married: Gay Marriage and the Expansion of Human Rights

By Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell

It would seem that a new definition of “family” is needed in the 21st century, and the contribution of the gay community here would be welcome. The topic of legal gay marriage raises some interesting ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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Well of Lies: The Walkerton Water Tragedy

Mediathink

The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture

Gardens of Shame: The Tragedy of Martin Kruze and the Sexual Abuse at Maple Leaf Gardens

Free as in Speech and Beer: The Internet, Gift Economies and the Intellectual Property Crisis

Letters from Prison: Felons Write About the Struggle for Life and Sanity Behind Bars

Dark Paths, Cold Trails: A Mountie’s Quest to Link Serial Killers to Their Victims

Requiem for a Lightweight: Stockwell Day and Image Politics

Con Game: The Truth About Canada’s Prisons

Just Married: Gay Marriage and the Expansion of Human Rights

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