Having told friends, family and colleagues that I dislike winter, I’ve received endless advice on how to turn my chilly frown upside down. My dear friend Myriam provided a list of reasons to like winter and the comments on Twitter have ranged from friendly to downright maniacal. So I’m going to try again to change my attitude, and to chart my [...]
On entend souvent dire que les Inuits ont des dizaines de mots pour parler de la « neige » et de la « glace ». Intriguée, j’ai fait quelques recherches sur internet, pour trouver plus d’information sur le sujet et je suis tombée sur différents sites; j’en conclu que malheureusement, la plupart de ceux qui s’y expriment ne possèdent [...]
Our editors have compiled a gift guide full of practical, historical, bizarre and very Canadian gifts to help with your holiday shopping. Enjoy!
[Editor's Note: This blog post is in response to Laura Bonikowsky's post, "Winter Blahs," in which she argues against the joys of winter. This blog post is also available in French.] Dear Laura, I just read your words on winter and was very surprised. You? You, my friend from Alberta don’t like winter? You, who [...]
Une réponse pour notre éditeure Laura Bonikowsky à propos de son blogue intitué ”Winter Blahs”, qui nous décrivait les inconvénients de l’hiver. Chère Laura, Je viens de lire ton texte sur l’hiver avec beaucoup de surprise. Toi ? Toi, mon amie albertaine qui n’aime pas l’hiver ? Toi, avec toute l’énergie qu’on te connaît…assise au [...]
Winter is quintessentially Canadian, and this year it gets special treatment from our editors, who have written a bundle of articles on the subject. Here, we highlight some favourites.
What’s so great about being cold, shovelling snow, scraping windshields, or bundling up in parka, mukluks, hat and mittens just to get the newspaper from the end of the driveway?
It was my good fortune on October 26 to attend the final lecture on Adam Gopnik’s tour to deliver this year’s Massey Lectures on the theme of “Winter.” It took place in the beautiful Koerner Hall at the Royal Conservatory, University of Toronto. Gopnik of course is the famous New Yorker writer, with a number [...]
The editors of The Canadian Encyclopedia have written a new crop of animal articles. Here, we present a roundup of our furry (and feathery and smooth) favourites!
On October 12, internationally acclaimed writer and New Yorker essayist Adam Gopnik arrives in Montreal to deliver his lecture on the most Canadian of subjects – winter. In conjunction with the CBC Massey Lectures, Gopnik will be delivering his lectures based on his new book Winter: Five Windows on the Season, a meditation on winter’s [...]
