Arbitrary Lines: Refugee Law in Canada 1986 – 2012 More refugees arrive by plane in any given year than by boat, yet the visibility of a large group of people arriving at once grips a nation’s attention, exposing latent fears and prejudices more readily than the relatively quiet and dispersed arrival of refugees by… Read More
Two little girls stand transfixed before a mixed-media sculpture by Emily Jan, which takes the life-sized shape of a fabulous anteater. Its intense pink, shiny tongue is frozen in a gesture that snakes towards the girls and then ends with a flourish of greenery. A large bouquet of vividly coloured flowers cascades from its hindquarters… Read More
Just over a week before Flotilla, I drafted and deleted about five different emails to Philippa at Eastern Edge. In them, I explained to her why I couldn’t attend the event in PEI anymore. I was convinced I had nothing to say worth sharing. And I was feeling as though I wasn’t Indigenous enough to… Read More
[Intentional – Deliberate – Unhurried – Precise – Defined – Clear – Strong – Resilient – Irrepressible – Uncontainable – Wild – Enthusiastic – Eager – Impatient] [Unintentional – Accidental – Unplanned – Unexpected – Surprising – Astonishing – Mysteries] Intentionality What is our relationship to the intentional? I love synonyms. When I was learning… Read More
islandness, a collaborative exhibition between artists Jane Walker (Newfoundland) and Vivian Ross-Smith (Shetland Islands), is the first installment of a living experiment spanning across the Atlantic between two northern islands. Since meeting in 2015, the two artists have explored their identities shaped by living and working in rural contexts and the influence it has had… Read More