“I’m a bit ambivalent about Canada 150”
BY John Graham
Maybe in 50 years from now, on the 200th anniversary of Confederation, we will be in a place where we will not only acknowledge the European influence in this country, but also celebrate the Indigenous Peoples who were stewards of the land before their arrival and who have continuously contributed to success of Canada.
Root Cellars and Flying Fish: the Bonavista Biennale
BY Matthew Hollett
Biennales happen in big cities: Venice, Istanbul, São Paulo, Berlin. So the idea of a ‘Bonavista Biennale’ sounds incongruous, something like proposing Woodstock at Woody Point, or an Olympics at Ochre Pit Cove.
Portfolio: Patrick Thomas Canning Q&A
BY Newfoundland Quarterly Magazine (Print)
NQ: Where and when were you born? PTC: I was born on a sheep farm in the tiny Hamlet of The Highlands in the Codroy Valley area of the province…
1917: The Year the War Came Home
BY Newfoundland Quarterly Magazine (Print)
IN THE FALL 2017 issue of The Newfoundland Quarterly, we explore the ramifications of WWI on Newfoundland and Labrador. But what exactly was life like 100 years ago? Here are some facts to read before diving into this issue.
Community Culture POL
BY Effie Roberts
Portraits of Labrador | Photo by Effie Roberts | Mike Voisey “I started making things on my own for extra money and the love of working with my hands. Now…
Thirteen Ways of Looking at an Iceberg
BY Matthew Hollett
I’VE BEEN READING After Icebergs with a Painter, Rev. Louis L. Noble’s imaginative travelogue from a voyage around Newfoundland in 1859. It’s like following a jet-setting paparazzo’s Instagram – except instead of celebrity photos, it’s full of nineteenth-century prose portraits of icebergs.