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…
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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 parents, our friends, our loved ones—living with a neurocognitive condition is likely to grow. This means that millions of others…
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…
The Gift of a Greeting
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief Just before the holidays, as we were putting together the issue you have in your…
The Art of Giving
From Linda Priestley, Editor-in-Chief Given the title above and the approaching holiday season, you may be thinking “Here she…