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Category Archives: History and Politics
Map Monday: election results and cartograms
Canadian politics flies under the radar screen for most of the world, but Canadians are all well aware that we just completed a 5-week snap election last week. It’s been a while since Map Monday looked at cartograms, but it … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Map Monday
Tagged Canada, Canadian election, cartograms, election results and maps, maps
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Orange Shirt Day has a new name
Orange Shirt Day began in 2013 as a day for all Canadians to reflect on Canada’s long and painful history of the Residential School System, of forcibly removing Indigenous children from their homes and taking them to Residential Schools far … Continue reading
You can’t change history, but you can change the consequences
Last week I tackled the first two items on my self-challenge list of who have been the most significant contributors throughout history to making the world a better place. I got through the enormous challenge of women’s rights and children’s … Continue reading
My self-imposed challenge: who have been the most significant contributors to making the world a better place to live
I have to admit it; once I began my exploration of which individuals throughout history might qualify as candidates for the quest I described in my post last week [The greatest _______ (fill in the blank); how do we decide … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics, Just wondering, Women
Tagged Eglantyne Jebb, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Emmeline Pankhurst, greatest contributors, inspiration, Janusz Korczak, Kate Sheppard, Malala Yousafzai, Nellie McClung, rights of children, rights of women, Save the Children, sffrage movement, suffragettes, Susan B. Anthony
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A good news story from Pakistan … think trees
I don’t usually post a story straight from a news source, but I really want to share this one, and many (aka most) readers don’t follow links to external sources. So rather than simply provide this link to Tik Root’s … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, History and Politics
Tagged 1 billion trees, 10 billion trees, Climate change, erosion, inspiration, Pakistan, Tik Root, tree planting
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August 15, a day with so many occasions to celebrate
The first thing I did this morning was hang out my Acadian flag. Why? Because August 15 is a special day in my home province of New Brunswick, aka Nouveau-Brunswick. Today is National Acadian Day, or la Fête nationale de … Continue reading
Cigarettes, big oil, and the power of corporate interests
Drew Dellinger pretty well says it all in his compelling 2006 poem, Hieroglyphic Stairway. In fact, he pretty well says it all in his first stanza. it’s 3:23 in the morning and I’m awake because my great great grandchildren won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, History and Politics
Tagged cigarettes and health, climate denial, coal, container ships, corporate interests, cruise ships, Drew Dellinger, fossil fuel, Hieroglyphic Stairway, lobbyists, oil and gas, oil and gas industry, political donations, politics, tobacco denial, tobacco industry
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Emancipation Day comes to Canada
There’s so much happening in our little corner of Canada this weekend. You might say that in New Brunswick we are being emancipated from the emergency restrictions put in place to combat COVID. Starting yesterday, the province that cut off … Continue reading
Posted in History and Politics
Tagged abolition, Canada, COVID, Emancipation Day, history, New Brunswick, New Brunswick Day, racism, slavery, systemic racism
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