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Six String Nation

Gary Roberts — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:32:31 +0000

I attended a presentation this week by Peabody Award-winning writer and broadcaster, Jowi Taylor, about his project Six String Nation. During the presentation Jowi explained how, in the weeks leading up to the 1995 Quebec Referendum, he was dismayed by the quality of the iconography portrayed by the media as representing the Canadian identity. These …

Going The Distance For Mental Health

Gary Roberts — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:00:39 +0000

A colleague of mine is having an adventure of a lifetime at the moment – he’s cycling all the way across Canada to raise money for the Griffin Centre, a non-profit, charitable, mental health agency providing essential services to youth, adults and their families in Ontario. Martin started a blog to record his journey from …

Canada wins Olympic hockey gold medal!

Gary Roberts — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:26:02 +0000

Well done to the Canadian Men’s Hockey Team on winning the gold medal tonight in their game against the U.S! As soon as the game ended, you could hear lots of cheering on the streets of our neighbourhood, along with car horns honking as they sped by groups of people out celebrating. We thought we’d …

The British are coming!

Gary Roberts — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:11:41 +0000

There’s not much blogging being done on my part, these days. My nephew and his girlfriend are visiting from the U.K. in a week’s time, so we’re busy preparing things for them and getting the house up to par. We have an itinerary of events lined up for them, so we’re hoping they’ll enjoy their …

One click in February, 1999

Gary Roberts — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:52:48 +0000

Isn’t it fascinating how a simple click can change one’s life? The World Wide Web has increased exponentially in size and complexity over the last 10 years, and back in 1999 it was already providing online users with an embarrassment of riches in terms of information exchange, nascent technologies and ever-evolving formats for web sites. …