Gravitas

Over lunch today, I read one of my favourite columnists at the Globe & Mail and just felt the urge to engage in conversation with all of you out there. (Besides, when there is  first-year essay marking to do, procrastination permeates every cell.) In this Saturday’s edition, Johanna Schneller interviews Morgan Freeman about the just-released [...]

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Arts and Culture, Cont.

If you’re interested in how the parties are responding to the issue of Arts & Culture funding in Canada, check out this website: EQUITYONLINE
The Canadian Actors’ Equity Association have created a user-friendly way to keep track of the responses to the cuts to programs many of us were proud of.

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The economy is NOT the only election issue

Yesterday I took an online survey hosted by one of the big market research firms here in Canada. As I was diligently going through the questions, it became more clear to me why “the economy” is first on so many lips when asked about the upcoming national election. It’s because the media has made it [...]

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