It’s Canada Day — our nation’s birthday. This year, seemingly more than other years, the desire to celebrate and mark the importance of this day is palpable. Canada turns 158 this year. In dog years that is quite old but, as a nation, we’re still very new. Why mark...

The word moccasin has been part of my vocabulary for as long as I can remember, but it wasn’t until my twenties that I began to form a deeper relationship with it. My husband and I had moved to a small community in northern Ontario, where I met a woman who taught me...

“It’s a bee!”  I hear fear in that young child’s voice – see them cower, swat the air, then run. This child believes bees are dangerous. For some children that fear is real and rooted in the knowledge that a bee sting could trigger a serious allergic reaction.  A...