Fostering a different kind of virus
Shortly after the stay at home order was issued here in British Columbia, my Zumba instructor sent an email offering free online classes. It inspired me to think about what I could do. Since one of …
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May 4 2020 Columns World Collage Day 2020: “Collage is intuitive”
In 2018, Kolaj Magazine initiated World Collage Day, an international celebration of collage on the Second Saturday of May. We invited artists and art venues to hold events on that day to celebrate…
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March 23 2020 Columns Echos from Brazil
The Covid-19 pandemic has required efforts worldwide to contain the increase in the number of cases and death. In Brazil, it has not been different. The largest country from South America has, until …
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January 20 2020 Columns Legal industry needs to understand truth of Canada’s indigenous history if we truly want to move forward
Senator Murray Sinclair. | Photo by Archkris, Wikimedia Commons
I graduated from law school in 1979, and I entered a …
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January 6 2020 Columns Planting the seed about the importance of soil health
What’s the big deal about soil? It’s all over the place. And, anyway, it only affects farmers, right?
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September 9 2019 Columns The evolution of language populations in Canada, by mother tongue, from 1901 to 2016
Early in the 20th century, most Canadians’ mother tongue was either French or English. In 1901, about one-tenth of the population declared an Aboriginal language or an immigrant language as their …
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February 5 2018 Columns Issues & Ideas: Blockchain, bitcoin, boggled?
Bitcoin uses blockchain technology. | Photo by Tiger Pixel
The total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies has seen a massive explosion in value, growing from $22 billion (CAD) at the …
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July 10 2017 Issues & Ideas Canadian permanent residency – the ultimate quest
Like many others around the world as I write this, I am currently going through the arduous process of attaining Canadian Permanent Residency. I say arduous here, as among the many other “hoops” …
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October 24 2016 Columns Haiti: broken promises and aid fatigue
On Oct. 27, Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Documentary Film Festival will screen Kombit (Creole for cooperative), a film about efforts by Haitian agronomist Timote Georges and Canadian …
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May 26 2014 Columns Challenging the Chinese investor immigrant stereotype
Who are Canada’s Chinese Investor Immigrants? Why has their value to Canada not been fully realized?
The existing Chinese investor immigrant stereotype
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