Archive for October, 2011



Here’s to the expansion and betterment of the Canadian family

Published on October 21, 2011

According to a recent Institute for Research on Public Policy study by Jeffrey Reitz — Pro-immigration Canada: Social and Economic Roots of Popular Views –  Canadians’ continued support of high levels of immigration “is underpinned by belief in immigration as an economic benefit and pride in Canadian multiculturalism.” Released this week,  the study’s data indicates [...]


Just because: The Mickey Hart Collection

Published on October 19, 2011

As he explains in the clip below, the cross-cultural (musical) adventure of  Mickey Hart, American musicologist and former percussionist of The Grateful Dead, began as a young boy soon after discovering Duke Ellington and Count Basie in a collection of LPs inherited by his mother. The collection also included The Pygmies of the Ituri Forest [...]