Back Issues
January–February 2007
Cover art and pictures throughout the issue by Sylvia Nickerson
Since graduating from art school in 2001, Sylvia Nickerson has designed books, illustrated for magazines, tutored mathematics, worked as an arts administrator in the Canadian book publishing industry and completed a M.A. in the history of science. Her illustrations have been published in The Coast, The New Quarterly, Carousel Magazine, The Canadian Undergraduate Physics Journal, The Dominion and The Globe and Mail. To see more of her art go to www.sylvianickerson.ca.
A Fascinating Snapshot
Margaret MacMillan provides another example of world diplomacy under the microscope.
Conrad BlackChallenging “Battered Woman Syndrome”
A researcher and practitioner says feminism put up a smokescreen around the problem.
Elspeth CameronCanada’s Kyoto Delusion
The evidence is finally forcing us to admit we have done nothing.
Mark JaccardNative Ingenuity
First Nations groups knew not only how to harvest but also how to plant the sea
Christopher ArnettA Punjabi Thief’s Progress
The downward spiral of a young man in the Indo-Canadian underworld.
Tomasz MrozewskiFormidable Questions, Subtle Answers
A veteran of the Great War battles with personal ghosts and political uncertainties.
Steven HaywardThe Entrepreneur from Central Casting
Finally a biographer pins down one of Canada’s richest businessmen.
Fred LanganA Rugged Utopian
A new biography tries to save a Russian anarchist from history’s bad rap.
Ray ConlogueThe Contrary Optimist
James H. Gray painted the West in exuberant and contrasting colours.
J. E. Chamberlin