Okay, so if the seventies were pierced ears, than what were the eighties and what were the nineties?
Mary Leah de Zwart
Be More Controllive
Suggestions from grade ten students at a high school in BritishColumbia on how the teacher can get the class to pay attention,compiled by the teacher.
Mary Leah de Zwart
Culinary Detention
Responses from students in a grade nine foods class to "Why did I give you detention today?" and/or "How was your behaviour unsafe?"
AMIEL GLADSTONE
That’s Canada
A draft dodger takes a “fishing trip” to Canada and ends up overboard.
KEVIN CONNOLLY
The Cartographer’s Lament
On the solitary vocation of map-making.
A Hat for All Seasons
A cheat sheet for hat sellers, from The Human Side of RetailSelling: A Textbook for Salespeople in Retail Stores and Students ofRetail Salesmanship and Store Organization by Ruth Leigh, published in 1921 by D. Appleton andCompany.
Arts Funding Cuts in B.C. Approach 92%
The current government attack on arts funding in British Columbia has provoked outrage and concern in communities across the province.
MANDY MOORE AND LEANNE PRAIN
Yarn Bombing
Images from Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti
Dolly Watts
Pemmican Balls
From Where People Feast: An Indigenous People’s Cookbook, published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2007.
SEAN HORLOR
Get Yourself Into It!
Youngsters doing jumping jacks,Olympic gold medallists—All across our metroplex
GIL ADAMSON
Charging to the Light
A storyteller travels to Winnipeg on the backs of prehistoric beasts named Maxwell and Minnie.
Magic Time
You will soon be more aware of your growing awareness.
DOUGLAS COUPLAND
Woo Moment
John Doe tells the story of the day he lost his cola virginity, sneaking out into the woods to taste Coke and Pepsi.
KATHRYN MOCKLER
Skinheads
Have you ever had a dry scalp and it’s itchy?
ANDREW EMOND
Brave New Landscape
Photographs that highlight the soothing but eerie simplicity of the Canadian suburban landscape.
Happy Life
The secret to happiness is realizing that nobody gives a shit if you read philosophy in your pajamas at six o’clock in the morning.
CATHARINE CHEN
Jughead Jones
Sometimes, sitting across from Archie on those thigh-sticking vinyl seats at Pop’s, Jughead has this feeling.
Ven Begamudre
Old Man
Vishnu Dreams is a novel that combines Hindu mythology with the story of a family. In this excerpt, a boy is poised, terrified, at the edge of a diving board.
COLIN MERRIAM
Sleeping Dogs
Stray dogs napping in Punjab and Rajasthan, India.
DON MARKS
The Legend of Freddie Sasakamoose
The man who would emerge from Canada’s infamous Residential School system to become the first First Nations player in the NHL.
KATE BRAID
Did I Sing?
Rhythms and rhymes in homage to the brilliance of Glenn Gould.
ANDREW NIKIFORUK
Let Us Begin
Declaration of a Political Emergency. The state of the tar sands in Northern Alberta.
J.R. CARPENTER
Words Dogs Know
Phantasmagoria, performance, corruption and many more.