Open Journal Montreal

Yes, though there has been confusion, this is indeed page seven, as the colourful illustration indicates. Sorry guys. Folks for those of you who didn’t know or notice, I screwed up my title-ing of the pages on the very second day of posting the CVP workbook online. I counted the cover as page one. Anyway, [...]

Starting with the cover, I’m going to be posting the pages of the brand new book from our own little newly hatched press. Yup, that’s right, page by page the whole CVP Workbook will go up. We want people to be able to see it before they buy it, and enjoy it online if they’re [...]

Neil Balan The recent completion of the 2006 World Social Forum – held simultaneously in Caracas, Venezuela and Bamako, Mali, with another session planned to follow in Karachi, Pakistan this March – added extra emphasis to recent early morning activities. I spent some time over coffee reading another thought-provoking, motorized essay from the February issue [...]

by Foggy Bottom Canadians live in a vast and inhospitable land. In discussing France’s wars with England over Quebec in the 18th Century, Voltaire once lamented on waste of blood and treasure committed for “quelques arpents de neige.” It is time for Canada to break from the tyranny of cold. It is time that Canada [...]

“The people I’ve spoken to today said the cartoons just welcomed Muhammad to the beloved Danish tradition of satirical humour.” http://www.timesonline.co.uk/ Here’s an article that shows the cartoons that have enraged many Muslims (and sypathetic members of other religions) in their original context. It also offers an English translation of the editorial that accompanied the [...]

by Ilka de Laat. My relationship with sewing perished alongside my relationship with my fiancée. I wasn’t a particularly talented seamstress, nor was I an especially adept bride-to-be, so I’ve rarely mourned those losses. Yet the idea of the perfect dress, that started with the idea of getting married, is an ongoing story in my [...]