Essays
	Oh, the Places He's Gone read essay Confined to a wheelchair, a computer screen became his canvas. In Good Company read essay Reflections on a beautiful film fuelled by unscripted truths. Words that Wound read essay Thoughts on a word that wounds with its casualness. Dish by dish read essay The mundane becomes meaningful as a son absorbs his mother's history. Singing a Song of Defiance read essay The story of two remarkable women whose braided lives are worth trumpeting. Benjamin Linder: The Memory of Justice read essay He was an engineer with a vision who found himself in the cross-hairs of a myopic U.S. foreign policy. The Scent of Almond Oil read essay Is there a memory more fragrant than the birth of a child? Quilted Love read essay To sew is to grieve. To grieve is to heal. The AIDS quilt is a quiet reminder of the need to remember. Johnny's Gun read essay Although written before the Second World War, Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun speaks to the madness of war. Family Portraits read essay A painter. His nephew. His nephew's son. A love of the arts spans three generations. Group of Seven read essay What happens when seven middle-aged men reunite for a weekend canoe trip? High Holiday sermons   On Meaning read essay The Stories We Tell read essay The Colour of Hope read essay Three talks given during the Jewish holy days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, delivered at services held by the Danforth Jewish Circle in Toronto. Letter from Montana read essay A small slice of Big Sky country. Letter from Morin Heights read essay A rural town where cross-country ski trails and simplicity intersect. Letter from Central Park read essay A stroll through Manhattan's grass-covered heart. Letter from Ellis Island read essay A glimpse at the countless immigrants whose arrival at the turn of the 20th century changed the course of North America. Letter from Florida read essay Deep in the Everglades, an alligator's grin can't mask an ecosystem in peril. The Kids Will Be Alright read essay Long, packed days in a child's life leave little time for childhood. Unveiling read essay An acclaimed novel, an architectural triumph: literature and lost lives intersect when a suicide barrier is added to a bridge.
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