June 22, 2015 | Filed under: Native Peoples, Politics & Current Affairs, Science, Technology & Environment
Reflecting on a girlhood spent in the Arctic town of Kuujjuaq, Sheila Watt-Cloutier describes herself as “a cautious child who didn’t like taking big risks.” That characterization may seem surprising coming from an Inuk woman ... Read More »
To tell the story of Earth’s last wild bonobos – along with chimpanzees, humankind’s closest genetic relatives – author Deni Béchard travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the Bonobo Conservation Institute, a small ... Read More »
June 11, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Science, Technology & Environment
Scott Feschuk is an extremely funny guy, which is a good thing given his abundant presence on Canadian newsstands. Both as a political speechwriter and a humour columnist, he has written for a variety of ... Read More »
December 22, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free is a book that’s very clear about what it is and what it isn’t. What it is: a toolkit for anyone with a stake in making a “creative wage” ... Read More »
November 19, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Science, Technology & Environment
Douglas Coupland is a clever and resourceful writer. He has to be in Kitten Clone, because the topic of global tech companies is enough to make even the biggest fans of Generation X tune out. ... Read More »
November 10, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
When an unarmed black teen by the name of Michael Brown was gunned down by police in the Missouri suburb of Ferguson in August, Twitter erupted with outrage over what many saw as an unjustified, ... Read More »
October 17, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Science, Technology & Environment
We live in an age where the spread of information technology has far outstripped our understanding or control over it. We face the daunting prospect of a reality where privacy is increasingly rare and the ... Read More »
October 17, 2014 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs, Science, Technology & Environment
Naomi Klein is angry. The author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine, and a self-confessed former climate change skeptic, comes out swinging in a book that takes direct aim at corporations, governments, and – ... Read More »
September 17, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
Daniel J. Levitin, professor of psychology and behavioural neuroscience at McGill University and author of the bestsellers This Is Your Brain on Music and The World in Six Songs, is clearly in tune with the ... Read More »
August 14, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
Journalist Dan Falk combines his love of science – particularly the history of science – with his fondness for Shakespeare in this intriguing attempt to answer questions about what the Bard knew, when he knew ... Read More »
April 16, 2014 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment