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I Wish I Could be Peter Falk
Toxic masculinity—to some a slur; to others a summation of male character—is the Achilles heel that Calgary’s Paul Zits aims to remediate in his fourth poetry collection. The book’s title, which Zits cribbed from an interview Ryan Gosling gave to W magazine, refers to the star of the 1970s/1980s detective show Columbo. While Zits never makes […]
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Books, Alberta Views, Gender Equality, Paul Zits, Social Media, University of Calgary Press
September 30, 2022
Goodbye to Peyto Glacier
We’re losing so much more than a nice view.
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Antarctica, Avalanche, Banff, Bears, Bob Sandford, Bow River, Calgary, Canada Research Chair, Canadian Rockies, Canmore, Drought, Eastern Slopes, Edmonton, Glaciers, Great Depression, Greenland, Groundwater, Icefields Parkway, Lake Louise, Lynn Martel, North Saskatchewan River, Parks Canada, Peru, Peyto Glacier, Polar Bears, Rivers, Rocky Mountains, South Saskatchewan River, Tourism, UNESCO, University of Saskatchewan, Winnipeg
It Should Be Easy to Fix
It Should be Easy to Fix is Bonnie Robichaud’s memoir about the sexual harassment she endured and her 11-year fight that led to the 1987 landmark Supreme Court of Canada case that recognized employers’ responsibility to ensure a harassment-free workplace for women. After years working at dead-end jobs, Robichaud was relieved to be hired for the […]
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Canadian Armed Forces, Library and Archives, Supreme Court, Wife
The Story of My Life Ongoing
Candas Jane Dorsey is a well-established author and activist in Alberta who’s made valuable contributions to 2SLBGTQIA+ literature. In this young adult novel, she tells the story of Corey Cobb, a teenager comfortable with their intersex identity and uninterested in surgical “remedies.” Intersex folks, born with ambiguous genitalia, have not been well represented in the burgeoning […]
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Books, Alberta Views, BIPOC, Candas Jane Dorsey, Discrimination, Gender Identity, Racism, Sexuality, Therapy
Boom Kids
Growing Up in the Calgary Suburbs, 1950–1970
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Books, Alberta Views, Calgary, Racism, Wilfrid Laurier University Press
A Clean Energy Powerhouse
Alberta on the cusp of a renewable electricity boom.
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Allan Adam, Aluminum, ATCO, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Calgary, Carbon-Capture, Chris Turner, Claresholm, Dene, Dene Nation, Edmonton, Energy Transition, Fort Chipewyan, Geothermal Energy, Germany, International Energy Agency, Keystone XL, Local Food, Oil and Gas, Oil Industry, Orphan Wells, Pembina Institute, Philippines, Pipelines, Rocky Mountain House, Seattle, Solar Energy, Veterans, Vulcan, Wind Energy
Know It All
Finding the Impossible Country
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Bayeux Arts, Canadian Encyclopedia, Mel Hurtig, Order of Canada
September 1, 2022
Adieu, Mon Vieux
The Kenney farewell.
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Views, Ambulances, Fred Stenson, Jason Kenney, Keystone XL, Oil and Gas, Pipelines, Resignation
The Dramatic Fall of Jason Kenney
A failure to unite
Tags: Alberta, Alberta Separatism, Alberta Views, Alison Redford, Autonomy, BMO Centre, Canadian Press, Capitalism, Chamber of Commerce, Deena Hinshaw, Enbridge, Fraser Institute, Jason Kenney, Keystone XL, Mediation, Michigan, Neoliberalism, Newspapers, Oil and Gas, Peter Lougheed, Pipelines, Resignation, Social Media
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