Between March and late July of 2014, the city of Detroit shut off running water, with little to no warning,...
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Cindy McMann earned her Ph.D. in women's writing from the University of Calgary. She teaches fiction, poetry, ecocriticism and women's writing and does community work on the intersection of domestic violence and animal abuse.
Inevitably in late summer, we hear all kinds of stories about encounters with wildlife, either in parks or backyards, or...
We’ve all of us been incensed by a news story, cultural trend or incident on the public bus that’s led...
I get really skeptical about unambivalent nostalgia for the good-old-days because the good-old-days usually involved things like widespread intolerance of...
Local, organic food might be the most environmentally sustainable option in terms of feeding the planet, but for many people...
Summer offers a wealth of opportunities to incorporate meditation into daily activities. Most of these are enjoyable, such as cycling or...
Consider the humble dandelion. We can all do this easily, because it’s everywhere. All the time. Look out your window—I’ll...
Jon Kabat-Zinn says that mindfulness “means paying attention in a particular way; on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.”...
The slow food and grow-it-yourself movement has become hugely popular in circles where people love nutrition, hate over-packaged, chemical-laced, corporate-produced...
Recently, the Canadian government tabled new legislation that would overhaul Canada’s current electoral system. The proposed “Fair Election Act” is...
In his recent book Unlearning Meditation: What to Do When the Instructions Get in the Way, Jason Siff discusses the...
March is an important month for social justice issues. There are a number of days specially devoted to the international...
It sounds like a lie, but it is, in fact, time to start thinking about planting seeds and growing veggies...
In recent years, postsecondary education has come under the watchful gaze of governments and public bodies looking to ensure that...
In recent years, campaigners who work against sexual assault have broadened their focus from educating women on how to not...
Winter is a cruel master. But as the icy fist of February squeezes us in its frozen and lightless grip,...
The holiday season is undoubtedly the hardest time of year if you don’t love materialism because it’s the most manipulative...
Community engagement has become a buzz word for colleges and universities trying to find ways out of the ivory tower...
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