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 […]
I, Too, Have a Dream: On Critical Thinking
By Dr. Lynn Gehl On Critical Thinkers and Wood Choppers In the Anishinaabeg Clan System of Governance everyone has a role in community life where all roles are of equal […]
Men Who Are MENding
Men want to help. That’s what Lisa Clarke believes when it comes to ending gender violence. “There’s a core group of men in this region who are really interested in […]
One Syrian Family + Two Canadians = “so much joy”
Until recently, Mary Ward, of Peterborough, Ontario, led, what some people might consider, a fairly quiet life. Lately, it’s become a whole lot livelier. Most mornings she heads to the […]
Peterborough Newcomers Need YOU!
Just having a friend to talk to during their first days in Canada – even if it was only through ‘Google Translate’ — meant the world to the hundreds of […]
Claiming Anishinaabe: Decolonizing the Human Spirit; Author Lynn Gehl, Algonquin Anishinaabe-Kwe
Claiming Anishinaabe: Decolonizing the Human Spirit, published with the University of Regina Press, is rooted in my need to understand Indigenous knowledge (IK) in an intellectual sense as well as in a heartful way. Foremost it […]
Zach Hatton: Man with a Mission
Zach Hatton is a man with a mission. He wants to see fresh, youthful faces in the Ontario legislature — and he wants one of those faces to be his. […]
Young Muslim raises awareness about First Nations water crisis
Google ‘water crisis in Canada’, tell a friend what you find about it, and then tell the politicians. Those are the three things Hasan Syed, 28, of Toronto, would like […]
Consumerism or Happiness — You Choose
Are your cell phone and social media feeds over-flowing with so many messages and photos you can barely keep up with it all? And, still, you keep checking them? Do […]
Solidarity Weekend Statement – October, 2017
Submitted to JOURNEY Magazine by the organizers of Solidarity Weekend (Sept. 29 – Oct. 1, 2017 in Nogojiwanong/Peterborough, Ontario). We are writing to offer our gratitude, reflection, and clarification. When […]
Reflecting on Jagmeet Singh’s NDP Leadership Race Victory
By Julia Cluett-McCullough Written on Oct. 2, 2017 A little less than 24 hours ago, Jagmeet Singh became the new leader of Canada’s NDP, becoming the first person of colour and […]
