From Ice Roads to Airships – The Future of Goods Transport in Northern Canada

Northern Canada depends on a vast network of ice roads for the transportation of goods. As a result of global warming, increasingly, Canada’s ice road network is not meeting the needs of residents and businesses of Northern Canada. After detailing the problems with Canada’s reliance on ice roads, this paper explores several courses of action. … Continue reading From Ice Roads to Airships – The Future of Goods Transport in Northern Canada →

The Solutrean Theory

This essay was written in 2005 for an introductory course on Archaeology The conventional understanding of the peopling of the Americas is that Asian hunters armed with Clovis points entered North America via Beringia, following herds of woolly mammoths (Holden, 1999, p. 1467). Archaeological evidence in the form of stone tools show that the groups … Continue reading The Solutrean Theory →

Canada’s Complicity in the War in Iraq

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien leaves a news conference inOttawa, April 9, 2003. Chrétien says he hopes the U.S. winsthe war, but stands by Canada's decision to stay out of the conflict (Young 2013) On March 17, 2003, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announced that Canada would not participate in the impending American-led war in Iraq (Alberts … Continue reading Canada’s Complicity in the War in Iraq →

Ainu of Northern Japan

The Ainu are the indigenous people of Northern Japan, including the island of Hokkaido and the northern portion of Honshu, as well as nearby Russian-controlled Sakhalin Island, the Kuril Islands, and the southern portion of the Kamchatka Peninsula. Today, the Ainu can only be found on Hokkaido and Sakhalin, with most living on Hokkaido, as … Continue reading Ainu of Northern Japan →

Book Review: Daughters are Forever by Lee Maracle

Lee Maracle’s Daughters are Forever is told from the perspective of Marilyn, a 45-year-old Aboriginal woman who works as a social worker in Vancouver. Marilyn has two daughters, Cat and Lindy, both in their early twenties. Marilyn and her daughters love each other intensely. However, Marilyn struggles with the guilt of how she mothered her … Continue reading Book Review: Daughters are Forever by Lee Maracle →