Retirement: A Time for Rebirth
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief You may or may not be counting the days, but you’ve almost certainly pondered your…
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Shelters Large and Small
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief One warm and beautiful October morning, David looks out his bedroom window and sees the first car shelter going up in his Montreal neighbourhood. A panic as vast as the Canadian Arctic makes his blood…
Love and Dementia — and Robots
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief Over the coming years, Canada’s population will be getting older, and the number of people—our…
Being Wrong Can Be Right
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief Made a mistake recently? Guess what? It’s okay. Better yet, being wrong can put you...in…
Learning to Embrace Change
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief Change. It’s an ordinary word—but one that can sometimes (often) set nerves jangling. Faced with…
Hands Across the Generations
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief We’ve often mentioned in these pages the importance of intergenerational bonds: without the experience of…
Gratitude Is Contagious
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief Every year, a group of friends gets together to celebrate their friendship (43 years as…
Hi! Bonjour! ¡Buenos Dias! Tanisi!
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief Do you speak French, Spanish, or Cree? Intrigued by how learning a language affects the…
Get Some Air (Doctor’s Orders)
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief Ten years ago, civil servants in Melbourne, Australia, invited citizens to alert them to any…
Beacons of Hope
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief In case you’ve been feeling a little down lately, here’s an antidote for gloom: think…
