Back Issues
October 2013
Cover art and pictures throughout the issue by Olivia Mew.
Olivia Mew is a Toronto-born, Montreal-based illustrator. She spends most of her time in the role of “lady in charge of everything” at Stay Home Club and lives happily by her company’s credo. Her illustration work can be seen on her portfolio website at www.oliviamew.com.
Facing the Future
The decisions to be made about aging in Canada are both personal and public
Sandra Martin
The Stuff of Nightmares
A front-line journalist reflects on his coverage of the Afghan War
Terry Glavin
Ethnic Cleansing, Canadian Style
Many myths are cleared away in the sober historical analysis
Andrew Woolford
Faking Your Way Through Life
A memoir captures the tension between the deaf and the hearing worlds
James RootsGetting Aboriginal Rights Right
Two new books take very different approaches to how aboriginal rights should be treated in Canada
Peter H. Russell
Deception, Betrayal, and Terrorism
The Cuban-American vendetta produces a sobering and puzzling tale
Reg WhitakerThe Terror and Pity of Contact
Native-Jesuit relations under a brilliant fictional microscope
Marian Botsford FraserStagnate or Innovate? That Is the Question
Our whole way of life depends on answering it correctly
David Crane
The Mystic versus the Politician
A new book explores the creative paradox of the mahatma
Charles Blattberg