Machines of the past hold many of the secrets for designers of future technologies.
Listen to Our Cannabis Constituency’: A View from South of the Border
Money has always been a factor in the cannabis business, of course, but in those golden days of yore, when people grew and smoked weed because they loved the plant and what it did to them (not to mention sticking it to the man and being rebelliously cool), making money off it was a sort of afterthought.
Money has always been a factor in the marijuana business, of course, but in those golden days of yore, when people grew and smoked weed because they loved the plant and what it did to them (not to mention sticking it to the man and being rebelliously cool), making money off it was a sort of afterthought.
Using the Past to Structure the Future: Envisioning Cannabis Legalization Through the Lens of Liquor Control
Pondering it on the flight home, I began to reconsider the cannabis question.
Pondering it on the flight home, I began to reconsider the cannabis question.
Comics as Active History: The Graphic History Collective
Sean Carleton and Julia Smith, PhD Candidates at Trent University, as representatives of the Graphic History Collective.
Sean Carleton and Julia Smith, PhD Candidates at Trent University, as representatives of the Graphic History Collective.
Nothing Sexist is Happening Here: The Ghomeshi Trial and the Historical Normalization of Gender-Based Violence
Historians have done their own collecting to reveal just how long this troubling pattern of discrediting women in such cases has been.
Historians have done their own collecting to reveal just how long this troubling pattern of discrediting women in such cases has been.
Golgotha? D. Y. Cameron’s Flanders from Kemmel
The painting’s artist, David Young Cameron, was born in Glasgow on 28 June 1865, the son of the Reverend Robert Cameron, minister of Cambridge Street Church in that city.
The painting’s artist, David Young Cameron, was born in Glasgow on 28 June 1865, the son of the Reverend Robert Cameron, minister of Cambridge Street Church in that city.
We’tsuwet’en Sovereignty Stands Against Canadian Supremacy
When the British attempted a unilateral expansion of their settlements into Mi’kma’ki, the Maliseet and Mi’kmaq fought them off forcing the 1725 Peace and Friendship Treaty.
When the British attempted a unilateral expansion of their settlements into Mi’kma’ki, the Maliseet and Mi’kmaq fought them off forcing the 1725 Peace and Friendship Treaty.
21st Century Terrorism: Nothing New?
The media’s response to the November 13, 2015 attacks was similar, in some ways, to that of the 9/11 ones. Nonetheless, the development and expansion of the social networks since then also contributed to further sensationalizing the event.
The media’s response to the November 13 attacks was similar, in some ways, to that of the 9/11 ones. Nonetheless, the development and expansion of the social networks since then also contributed to further sensationalizing the event.
Chronic Hunger, Chronic Terror: Agrarian Modernization and the Struggle for Sustainability in Guatemala, 1944-1980
Twentieth-century reformers and activists challenged the social, environmental and financial wisdom of Guatemala’s dependency on plantation agriculture.
Twentieth-century reformers and activists challenged the social, environmental and financial wisdom of Guatemala’s dependency on plantation agriculture.
Vladimir Putin’s Proposed Constitutional Changes: A Post-Putin Succession Plan?
If the system is so democratic, what has enabled Putin to amass so much personal power?
If the system is so democratic, what has enabled Putin to amass so much personal power?
Touring Tilray: Navigating Canada’s New Marketing and Selling of Medical Cannabis
Our guide was Philippe Lucas, Vice-President of Patient Services at Tilray. He walked us through the electric gate and led us into a cozy holding room filled with bottles of San Pellegrino, a weigh scale, and a flat screen TV flashing images of the building’s construction.
Our guide was Philippe Lucas, Vice-President of Patient Services at Tilray. He walked us through the electric gate and led us into a cozy holding room filled with bottles of San Pellegrino, a weigh scale, and a flat screen TV flashing images of the building’s construction.
Lies, Damned Lies, and Peterborough
Matthew Hayes, a PhD candidate at Trent University, explains two art projects that he undertook in the summer of 2014 in Peterborough, Ontario.
Matthew Hayes, a PhD candidate at Trent University, explains two art projects that he undertook in the summer of 2014 in Peterborough, Ontario.
A Time for Research Distancing
Faculty members may feel the shock if they are in the habit of summer trips to far-flung archives.
Faculty members may feel the shock if they are in the habit of summer trips to far-flung archives.
Investment for Development: The Plodding History of Canadian Development Finance
The apparent Canadian disinterest in the potential of development finance goes back to 1958. In the months leading up to the Commonwealth Trade and Economic Conference, held in Montreal in 1958, Canadian officials tried to figure out what joint Canadian-Commonwealth economic initiatives they could announce during the multi-day meeting.
The apparent Canadian disinterest in the potential of development finance goes back to 1958. In the months leading up to the Commonwealth Trade and Economic Conference, held in Montreal in 1958, Canadian officials tried to figure out what joint Canadian-Commonwealth economic initiatives they could announce during the multi-day meeting.
Listening During a Pandemic, and Beyond
Medieval storytellers chronicled events without imposing their own interpretation, and their practice had equally important consequences for the arts of telling and the arts of listening.
Medieval storytellers chronicled events without imposing their own interpretation, and their practice had equally important consequences for the arts of telling and the arts of listening.
‘Tomorrow Sunny’: The Rise and Fall of Solar Heating in Canada, Part 4
In the final part of this series on solar energy we will examine the unhappy results of solar advocates’ overreliance on optimistic simulations and the difficulty of commercializing economically marginal technology.
In the final part of this series on solar energy we will examine the unhappy results of solar advocates’ overreliance on optimistic simulations and the difficulty of commercializing economically marginal technology.