Agnes Macphail stepped into the public eye in 1921 as Canada’s first female Member of Parliament. She was a progressive with big ideas and a sharp wit. In the press, she was alternately berated for frequently wearing the same serviceable blue dress, or skewered for trying on something fashionable. Things on that score haven’t gotten […]
Agnes Macphail stepped into the public eye in 1921 as Canada’s first female Member of Parliament. She was a progressive with big ideas and a sharp wit. In the press, she was alternately berated for frequently wearing the same serviceable blue dress, or skewered for trying on something fashionable. Things on that score haven’t gotten […]
We have become strangely suspicious of quiet lives. We celebrate the person who has built something enormous, who rises quickly, speaks boldly, accumulates accomplishments and leaves behind evidence they were here. We measure lives by scale. We ask what someone achieved, what they earned, and what they became. And yet, there is an older possibility, […]
We have become strangely suspicious of quiet lives. We celebrate the person who has built something enormous, who rises quickly, speaks boldly, accumulates accomplishments and leaves behind evidence they were here. We measure lives by scale. We ask what someone achieved, what they earned, and what they became. And yet, there is an older possibility, […]
“Democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia,” said Mihaylo Fedorov, until recently Ukraine’s defence minister. “We must find a legal, safe and realistic mechanism which will allow Ukraine to renew its full democratic process even in the conditions of a long war.” Seven years after the last election, some Ukrainians are demanding a new one. […]
“Democracy cannot be held hostage by Russia,” said Mihaylo Fedorov, until recently Ukraine’s defence minister. “We must find a legal, safe and realistic mechanism which will allow Ukraine to renew its full democratic process even in the conditions of a long war.” Seven years after the last election, some Ukrainians are demanding a new one. […]
