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Adam’s Choice

A First Nation weighs the pros and cons of buying into the oil and gas industry

Dialogue

Is a Referendum a Good Way to Make a Decision?

Ted Morton and Jared Wesley respectfully disagree

Field Notes

Is a Referendum a Good Way to Make a Decision?

Ted Morton and Jared Wesley respectfully disagree

Field Notes

Context

By Andrew Cash

In Labour

Posted May 1, 2018

The Gig Economy

When Edmonton rock radio station The Bear planned to broadcast an all-night Halloween contest from a graveyard, they wanted 22-year-old student Andy Ferguson to work the shift. Ferguson had [...]

By Katherine Govier

In Culture

Posted May 1, 2019

When I think about being an Albertan, I think about gardening with Dad. He took it up when he was 85; he’d retired and he needed more to do. But his new hobby was not for the faint of heart. When [...]

By Evelyn Forget and Chris Sarlo

In Dialogue, Poverty

Posted September 24, 2019

Is Poverty the Individual’s Fault?

CHRIS SARLO The economics professor at Nipissing University and senior fellow at the Fraser Institute SAYS YES I’ll answer yes—with two qualifications. First, the setting in which I believe [...]

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Retired, by Kurt Bauschardt. 2014. Brookside, Edmonton.

Our Writers

Liam Harrap

Liam Harrap (“Fractured Forest”) grew up in Jasper and is now a journalist/ski bum in Revelstoke, BC. He used to identify rare plants and moss for the Alberta government and was on Season 3 of the Great Canadian Baking Show.

Ted Morton

Ted Morton (Dialogue: “Is a referendum a good way to make a decision?”) is a former MLA (Foothills-Rocky View) who served as Minister of Energy and Minister of Finance, and a professor emeritus of political science at the U of C.

Lori Williams

Lori Williams (review of Doing Politics Differently?) is an associate professor of policy studies at Mount Royal University. She teaches about politics, power, ideology, law, women in politics and political philosophy.

Tadzio Richards

Tadzio Richards (“Adam’s Choice”) is Alberta Views’s associate editor. His previous AV story “Getting the Axe” (March 2020) was about Jason Kenney’s changes to public agencies.