Social choirs and singing as an act of survival
613 Casual Choir leaders Lee Hayes and Rob Cosh, and well over 75 singers who braved a frigid January evening in Ottawa, make the case for singing as an act of survival.
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Category: Portrait
Jeffrey Lee Campbell and his locker room presence
For most aspiring rock stars, the prize is recording and touring—and having a loading dock to receive the mountains of cash being delivered to your home.
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Cliff Harris and Democracy 3, the game you can’t beat
Democracy is a political simulation game you can’t win. It’s engaging and fun, and it reminds us that each political decision is like a flap of a butterfly’s wings.
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Interview with Shawn MacDonell
Shawn MacDonell ignored his guidance counsellor who was pointing high school students like sheep toward computer science degrees. Instead, he developed a program to teach children how to read. With baseballs.
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The Arrested Development Documentary Project
Neil and Jeff followed their passion, curiosity and creativity to create a documentary about their favourite television show.
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Interview with Marian van der Zon
I grew up with a romantic view of radio pirates; ordinary people using public airwaves to build communities from locations offshore, from basement studios and from mobile transmitters in the backs of vans.
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Surviving and thriving with Andrea Ross
I’ve often heard people say they’re fighting or they’ve beaten cancer. It was a...
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Interview with Dewitt Jones
One of my favourite lessons taught by Dewitt Jones is to study your tools and how to use them so...
Read MoreInterview with Hugh Brewster
A new all-ages book by historian and author, Hugh Brewster, explores the valour and determination of the Canadian forces as one problem after another stacked against them for the raid on German forces at Dieppe. Â His book...
Read MoreThe Leadership Summit 2009: Leaders and Followers
We tend to be myopic when we face challenges — it’s much more comfortable to focus inwards. Leaders are no exception. So, when leaders talk about thinking out of the box, they should be first in line. This...
Read MoreStephen Gritt on Art Restoration and Conservation
It’s amazing who you can meet in a park during your child’s soccer game. I was introduced to Stephen Gritt on one such occasion last summer by someone who knew that Stephen would make a great guest for Electric Sky....
Read MoreJennifer Barnaby and Cakes for a Cause
During the annual Great Glebe Garage Sale (a huge community garage sale in Ottawa), my family stumbed on Jennifer Barnaby, a Cordon Bleu Chef who was serving baked goods she’d made while her husband, Jim, brewed up...
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