Beyond Bricks and Mortar: recap

This is just a quick post to thank the 70+ people who participated in our Trudeau Scholars’ Workshop on Aboriginal Housing, Homelessness, Identity and Space last week. I am incredibly grateful to Susan McGee, Dave Ward, Kamala Todd, Nathalie Kermoal, Marshal German Johnson, Dwayne Donald, Daniel Johnson, Lisa Freeman, Julia Christensen, Michael Anhorn, Chris Andersen… Read More

Ghosts of East Central Alberta, Part 1: Ghost towns and google maps

This is Royal Park in 1951 or 1952. It was a small town along highway 16 between Edmonton and Vegreville. Nowadays there isn’t anything there except for a very small sign and a quonset hut.     When I was home at Christmastime last year I was over at my aunt’s place, she lives about… Read More

Beyond Bricks and Mortar — poster

Here is the event poster for our keynote and workshop on Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness. Feel free to circulate widely. The event is FREE and open to the public. You must register, however, to ensure we have enough space to accommodate participants. Beyond Bricks and Mortar poster Poster designed by Karen Campos.

Where do you come from/where are you going?

Last week at the Avenue Top 40 Under 40 event, I ran into Cary Williams. We’ve never officially met, but we follow each other on Twitter, so it’s sort of like we know each other, right? In any case, Cary had an excellent question for me: he was curious about how my writing about Edmonton’s… Read More