Back Issues
April 2009
Cover art and pictures throughout the issue by Barbara Klunder
Barbara Klunder has been illustrating and designing for many years. She has won numerous awards in Canada and the United States, and has had museum shows of her textile work. Her first book, Other Goose, illustrates “recycled” rhymes and was published by Groundwood/House of Anansi in 2007.
Are We a Métis Nation?
And has John Ralston Saul had the final word on Canadian identity?
Andrew PotterPrivate Thoughts in Public Language
The burgeoning autism narrative may reflect the pathology of our era
Ian HackingWhat’s Race Got to Do with It?
A startling new analysis of the difference between Canadian and U.S. healthcare funding
Gregory P. MarchildonFrozen Moments
Two books untangle fact and fiction at memorable times in Arctic history.
Mark LovewellA Very American Champlain
A U.S. historian provides quite a new take on Canada’s “founding father”
Ronald RudinA Canadian Visionary
Research into the life of Holman Hunt unearths an intriguing and important figure.
Katharine LochnanBitumen: Boon or Blight?
Two books demonstrate the passionate heat the tar sands generate.
Andrew HeintzmanAn Exercise in Opposites
Two Canadian premiers could not possibly have been more different.
Reed ScowenTorrents of Vitriol
An author’s 25 years in sub-Saharan Africa produce more rage than analysis.
Blake Lambert