Rooting Out Racism: A Family Affair
As an activist in Toronto, Daniel Braithwaite made sure the book Little Black Sambo was banned in Toronto schools in the 1950s ; his daughter, Jane, continues to spread his social justice […]
Forty-Three Years Sheltering Women: Lynn Zimmer Still Leads the Way
By Melodie McCullough Do you know Lynn Zimmer? Maybe you have met her through the Women’s Business Network of Peterborough, or perhaps through her volunteer work with the United Way […]
Music to Soothe the Soul
Hospice Peterborough’s Bedside Singers Reach Out to Palliative Patients By Melodie McCullough It is a gift for both the ones receiving and the ones giving. For the past seven years, a group of Hospice Peterborough, Ontario, volunteers have been singing at bedsides in the palliative care unit at Peterborough Regional […]
Meet Kathy Hardill, Street Nurse to the Homeless
“All diseases have two causes: one pathological, the other political.”: Rudolf Virchow, 19th Century German pathologist. By Melodie McCullough (Originally Published August 2016) Every week, street nurse Kathy Hardill roams the […]
Motherhood … and Violence
First in a Series in a Partnership between JOURNEY Magazine and the Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre. By Melodie McCullough Motherhood: A time of joy, a time of feeling loved, a […]
The Gift of Hope: Helping One Gaza Family Survive the Occupation
“Papa, if I give them all my toys, will they stop? If I give them one shekel? If I give them one kiss?”: Amira Khaled, age three, Gaza. By Melodie […]
Book Review: Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Christine Ethier REVIEWS Swamplandia! by Karen Russell At first glance, Karen Russell’s debut novel seems to be very long on atmosphere. This may, in fact, be enough. The details of […]
Poetry by Sasha Patterson
When you ask a 3 year old for a writing prompt and they answer with “rain” By SASHA PATTERSON You say rain, even though this is the first day it’s […]
JOVANNA’S JOURNAL: An Inspirational Message from Jovanna Soligo
The Voice of Inner Wisdom by Jovanna Soligo Do you find it challenging to make important decisions? Once you’ve made a decision do you find yourself second-guessing it, and what felt clear begins to feel clouded with doubt? All of us have a chorus of voices inside of us […]
Women in Business: Jessica Correa of Random Acts of Green
By JOURNEY Staff If you saw someone doing a good deed for the environment, would you follow their example? Jessica Correa thinks so. The 2016 Trent University graduate never dreamed […]
Time to recycle one seriously frayed metaphor…
Nourish Project Talks About BASIC INCOME GUARANTEE By JOELLE FAVREAU, Community Development Supervisor at YWCA Peterborough Haliburton/Nourish Project Manager I’ve always been fascinated by the metaphors we use to talk about the world around us. With their colourful and memorable images, they get us hooked quickly and help us make […]
