Jake McGrail
Articles by Jake McGrail
Mathematics: beyond abstraction
August 27 2018 Local Small Number and the Old Canoe, one of the stories that teach match. | Photo courtesy of Simon Fraser University
While it is …
Food forest – a Japanese approach to permaculture
July 9 2018 ArtIn 1975, Japanese farmer and philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka wrote The One-Straw Revolution, a bestselling book that shared his views on agriculture and the natural world. Among other things, it has …
Questioning the role of museums
June 25 2018 Culture“Mythmaking,” the theme for this year’s Indian Summer Festival will focus on storytelling, the human imagination, and how both of those affect how people and society function. How sharing …
Romani music with an international flair
June 11 2018 CultureA group of …
Victim Impact unveils real-life B.C. Ponzi scheme stories
May 28 2018 CultureWhat would you do if a trusted neighbour, …
Story in a suitcase
May 7 2018 Culture Maki Yi, author and performer of the Suitcase Stories. | Photo by Emily Cooper
The Evergreen Cultural Centre will …
Complex characters drive a whodunit
April 9 2018 CultureNine …
Butcher – a linguistic enigma
March 19 2018 CultureOne Christmas Eve, an old man is found outside a police station with a butcher’s hook around his neck. The story only gets more shocking and surprising from there, as both the characters and the …
Sharing food, sharing history
February 19 2018 Community Steve Ram, owner of All India Sweets & Restaurant. | Photo courtesy of Steve Ram
Later this month, the Vancouver …
Uncovering meaning in new and undervalued artistic works
February 5 2018 ArtLove: Part One a stage reading, will be presented by the Dorothy Somerset Studio…