By Gail Picco, December 16, 2021 Resilient: The Portraiture of Wayne Simpson, foreword by David Brosha, Rocky Mountain Books, September 30, 2021, 280 pp., $60.00 (December 16, 2021) Wayne Simpson’s first public collection of portraiture shows us nothing less than the perfection of being human. Called Resilient, the book ostensibly features people who … [Read more...] about Wayne Simpson: Photos of the human soul
Gail Picco
Christi Belcourt: The brilliance of a great artist
By Gail Picco December 16, 2021 Christi Belcourt, Sherry Farrell Racette, Nadia Kurd & Dylan Miner, Goose Lane Editions with Carleton University Art Gallery, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, and MacKenzie Art Gallery, October 26, 2021, 136 pp., $45.00 Christi Belcourt is among the most important visual artists working in Canada today, and this recent … [Read more...] about Christi Belcourt: The brilliance of a great artist
Episode 16 – Rev Michael Coren in conversation about his new book The Rebel Christ
(November 29, 2021) The countdown to Christmas has begun and, for many Christians, so has the annual debate about the true meaning of the holiday. The legacy of Indian Residential Schools coupled with weaponization of the words of Christ by the evangelical right wing leaves Christianity in a crisis. The words of its founder, born in Bethlehem two centuries ago, are used are … [Read more...] about Episode 16 – Rev Michael Coren in conversation about his new book The Rebel Christ
Podcast Episode 14 – Madeleine Shaw, author of The Greater Good
(October 28, 2021) Madeleine Shaw is a multiple award-winning social entrepreneur with more than twenty-five years of experience launching ventures with a social change agenda. At age 25, she founded Aisle, a privately held business whose sustainable menstrual care products are now sold in more than 40 countries worldwide. She’s established the charity United Girls of the World … [Read more...] about Podcast Episode 14 – Madeleine Shaw, author of The Greater Good
Episode 13 – Sara Florence Davidson
(October 21, 2021) Dr. Sara Florence Davidson is an educator, author, and assistant professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. Her brand-new children’s book, Jigging for Halibut with Tsinii on which she collaborated with her father, is a simple story of a young man who goes fishing with his grandfather and returns in the evening, but one … [Read more...] about Episode 13 – Sara Florence Davidson