Everyday Earth: Parks as Canadian Identity
Above: Prince Albert National Park 📷 www.jamrockmagazine.com By contributor Chantelle Spicer Every Canadian city, no matter how small, has parks. Parks are where we find peace, quiet, recreation, play, reflection. These bits of land, saved from encroaching development, can appear as windows into how the city and residents see themselves. Take Bowen Park for example—a jewel of … Continued
Professor Profile: Something to talk about with Sonnet L’Abbé
Above: Dr. Sonnet L’Abbe in front of poet John Keats’ gravestone on the anniversary of his death. via twitter. I “My parents did it to me,” says Sonnet L’Abbé, poet and Creative Writing professor, at a faculty reading at VIU. She opens with a story about her name, because she knows it’s the first thing … Continued