Back Issues
December 2008
Cover art and pictures throughout the issue by Aimée van Drimmelen.
Aimée van Drimmelen is an artist and illustrator who grew up in Saskatchewan and lives in Montreal. She is currently illustrating a children’s story called Rumfortable Rumfort, selling her first series of prints online and sitting on an old radiator to keep warm. Samples of her work are available at www.fortpolio.net.
Canada’s Homeless Portrait Gallery
A historic collection falls victim to economic and intellectual uncertainty
Charlotte GrayCanada’s Black Chamber
An account of early Canadian code breaking is mostly accurate but very dry.
James EayrsCompromised Eden
Documenting one of the most isolated and dangerous places on earth.
Charles WilkinsA Storyteller's Story
An academic examines the life and times of Canada’s most successful popular historian.
Roger HallCreating a Canadian Pantheon
John Ralston Saul attempts to delineate the national character by spotlighting individuals.
Judy Stoffman