Reading Time: 4 minutes Too many of today’s music stars have strayed into careerism and away from the revolutionary values that many of them began with
Author: Mike Robinson
Mike Robinson’s career combined his academic training in Law and Anthropology at UBC and Oxford University, in frontier regulatory compliance work at Petro-Canada and PolarGas, and the leadership of three national NGOs: The Arctic Institute of North America, The Glenbow Alberta Institute, and The Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. In addition, he has chaired the national boards of Friends of the Earth, The David Suzuki Foundation, and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. In 2004 he became a Member of the Order of Canada.
Juskatla logging camp rough intro to world of work
Reading Time: 4 minutes The lessons I learned from the summer of 1969 are with me today, some 47 years later
Getting your exercise religion back
Reading Time: 3 minutes After a few months of the new routine, it’s obvious that my heart strength is improving. Now what’s missing is an appropriate diet
Trump finds first 100 days in office exhausting
Reading Time: 3 minutes Our columnist looks back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office
Trump turmoil will only grow as election counts down
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Republican presidential hopeful is a pit bull, let loose on the streets with no leash and always hungry for a fight
Rediscover the power of art to bring joy to your life
Reading Time: 4 minutes In these times of constant turmoil, why not concentrate on something ennobling by rediscovering the joy of art?
How to cope during these emotionally exhausting times
Reading Time: 4 minutes Terrorism, racism, police shootings, climate change, Trump: how much more of this do we have to take?
Our ‘forest condo’ is filled with curious neighbours
Reading Time: 3 minutes Living in a forest house is to be constantly reminded by the terrestrial and avian neighbours of their presence
Quiet Calgary rife with signs of change
Reading Time: 3 minutes This one seems different from the other busts
In complex times, we find ‘simple’ explanations
Reading Time: 3 minutes To understand complexity, you have to do your research, think hard, and exercise critical thought