Category Archives: Conditions for Community Health

The Road to Arisaig 1920s

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152718687273831&set=gm.10152811025859620&type=1  The Road to Arisaig circa 1920. Photograph Courtesy of Antigonish Heritage Museum  

Krappy Camera Photos

http://hyperallergic.com/179872/let-us-now-praise-crappy-cameras/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=How+to+Deal+with+Inspiration&utm_content=How+to+Deal+with+Inspiration+CID_4441e523afbf423e3cb1a71a6475fb43&utm_source=HyperallergicNewsletter&utm_term=Let%20Us%20Now%20Praise%20Crappy%20Cameras Kristin Karch, “Judith in my Apartment,” first prize (all images courtesy Soho Photo) Soho Photo has been celebrating inexpensive cameras for the past 17 years through its annual International Krappy Kamera Competition.  Here is my krappy kamera photo from a Hallowe’en Party in the Church Basement (Plainville, Ontario)  circa 1964.  It would not win any prizes, but I am […]

Nova Scotia Archives for Black History Month

http://novascotia.ca/archives/virtual/default.asp… The Public Archives of Nova Scotia do not include many photographs but they have scanned early documents from Sir Guy C arleton papers, including the title page from 1783 The Book of Negroes, which is at the heart of the CBC 6-part series of the same name, aired in January, 2015.     We […]

A Different Perspective on Monrovia and Liberia

http://hyperallergic.com/178095/a-vibrant-portrait-of-liberia-in-gifs/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=What+Happens+When+You+Steal+an+Artists+Identity&utm_content=What+Happens+When+You+Steal+an+Artists+Identity+CID_f3b3170454ec6c3e518f5fbbbfd70a74&utm_source=HyperallergicNewsletter&utm_term=A%20Vibrant%20Portrait%20of%20Liberia%20in%20GIFs   The media images of Liberia tend to focus on child soldiers, the spread of Ebola, and the murderous dictator Charles Taylor.  This site presents GIF images of everyday life and resilience in Monrovia     “Wesseh Freeman is a blind musician from Monrovia making his living singing in Duala market. He learned music […]

Gaelic Making a Comeback through Strait Regional School Board

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/gaelic-core-class-increasingly-popular-in-nova-scotia-1.2932151?fb_ref=Default Now Gaelic is making a comeback. The Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional High School students are part of a growing trend in the Strait Regional School Board as more and more students jump for the chance to study Gaelic in the classroom. ‘I wanted to surprise [my great-grandmother]. I got a surprise too: the […]