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Blog and musings of a 70-something digital native with a long history of being a PIA. Passionate about social justice, politics and the arts. Worked in management, communications, and arts production. Still working , still speaking truth to power. 

Politics and Social Justice

The culture war about CRT is jamming the dialogue about inclusive education.

April 19, 2022 / ArtsCubed3 / , / No Comments
Democrats and US voters should be asking why Republicans are preventing children from getting the best education to equip them to live and work in a modern pluralistic society. Instead
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I am not your "ally"

July 3, 2018 / ArtsCubed3 / / / No Comments
I hope that you won’t call me  “your ally” because it applies that we are on separate teams and unequal.  If you are fighting inequity and social injustice then we
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#MeToo is only one symptom of what is ailing the arts workplace

April 8, 2018 / ArtsCubed3 / , / No Comments
No one working in the Arts has failed to cheer the fresh air blowing in the window in the wake of the #MeToo movement but there is also a ripple of disquiet about what’s NOT being said about the atmosphere that has allowed abusive environments to flourish and the broader subject of abuse and bullying in the sector. 
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"I'm Not the Indian you are thinking about" at Harbourfront

October 10, 2012 / ArtsCubed3 / , / No Comments
Michael Crabb reports today in the Toronto Star on “I’m Not the Indian you are thinking about” from Red Sky. Since I first worked with Sandra and Carlos at Red
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Happy Birthday, Dorothy Day

November 9, 2011 / ArtsCubed3 / / No Comments
“Food for the body is not enough. There must be food for the soul.” Bread and Roses Life, L. Rogers
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Speaking up on behalf of aboriginal children

October 24, 2011 / ArtsCubed3 / / No Comments
Today the Winnepeg Free Press reported that “Child rights’ advocates are hoping to shame the federal government into improving the treatment of aboriginal children.The First Nations Child and Family Caring
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Sketching, Art Journaling and Mail Art

Wheat Sheaf Tavern

March 18, 2022 / ArtsCubed3 / / No Comments
I did a sketch of the Wheatsheaf Tavern as it looks now. I haven’t been in it since it reopened but 20 years ago when it was still a dive
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Church Street

March 4, 2022 / ArtsCubed3 / / No Comments
Since I was sketching the 510 Church building I thought I would do a preliminary sketch of the other side of the street which I just completed.
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510 Church Street

March 3, 2022 / ArtsCubed3 / / No Comments
A busy community hub in the Church and Wellesley Village.
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Friends Meeting House

March 2, 2022 / ArtsCubed3 / / No Comments
Friends Meeting House (Quakers) on Lowther Street neat the St. George Subway stop in Toronto. After doing the version above, I ended up giving it away to the Meeting House
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Berczy Park

February 3, 2022 / ArtsCubed3 / / No Comments
Pronounce “Bear Ski” Park, this small park between Wellington and Front Streets in Old Toronto has a newish whimsical fountain with porcelain dogs, so a favorite dog owner destination for
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Beardmore Building

January 28, 2022 / ArtsCubed3 / / No Comments
This is a great Victorian era building on Front Street in Toronto. When it was built it was the first street up from the port of Toronto. Now, due to
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