The Tree of Peace Saves the Earth
By Lynn Gehl, Algonquin Anishinaabkwe … the 1847 report on Indian Affairs recommended shifting from the provisions of ready-made clothes to the provisions of material with which to make clothes. […]
DON’T RAPE . . . And Other Things Your Kids Need to Hear As The School Year Begins
(Originally Published September, 2016 — Still Relevant!) Are you sending your child off to a post-secondary school? Do you know that it is during the first eight weeks of classes […]
Chatability – Check It Out!
Tessa Smith has accomplished so many things in her young life that you could not blame her for taking life easy for once. But, no, the disability activist and Trent […]
Peer Mediation at Kenner: The Third Side
By Emma Jane JOURNEY Magazine Ptbo Co-Op Student While almost everyone can expect to experience conflict throughout their teenage years, not everyone has access to resources that help resolve […]
Earth Week Feature: Peterborough’s ‘Indigo Green’ Embraces Slow Fashion
It’s Spring! (Well, sort of) What to do? Hmmm. Okay, go to mall. Buy two cute t-shirts at a chain store for $5 that were are manufactured in Bangladesh. Wear […]
Colleen Crawley in the Classroom: “Magical”
“I remember once during our Macbeth unit, we spent the class insulting each other using Shakespearean language. It was so much fun!” By Emma Jane, JOURNEY Magazine Ptbo Co-Op […]
Creating Space — For Everyone!
All ages! All abilities! All sizes! All genders! All faiths! All expressions! All arts! All cultures! All welcome! Such is the rallying cry of Creating Space, a grass-roots community arts […]
IWD Ptbo: First Impressions of a Young Feminist
By Emma Jane On March 8 I attended what I hope will be my first of many International Women’s Day events. As an 18-year-old girl, it is important […]
Meet Gianne Broughton, Green Party Candidate & Life-long Peace Activist
Gianne Broughton worries about the plankton. Yes, the plankton — micro-organisms that fill the world’s oceans. They may be small but they are highly sensitive to environmental change, and their […]
It Isn’t Easy Talking About White Privilege
It isn’t easy talking about white privilege. Ask Lindsay Yates. “It’s Okay to be [Against] White [Ness]” is a presentation on racial injustice scheduled for March 12 at Trent University […]
IWD in Peterborough: The Art of Resistance
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often […]
