Big Ideas
September 20, 2010 - September 24, 2010

September 20, 2010

Big Ideas - Helping Haiti

On January 12, Haiti was pummeled by a disastrous earthquake and the world was stunned. Poet and PhD candidate Bathélemy Bolivar moved from Haiti to Winnipeg in 2002. The disaster prompted him to write Mots de Terre/Voice of the Earth: Haiti, a heart-song to his beloved home.
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September 21, 2010

Big Ideas - Doing Good

Veteran journalist Lawrence Scanlan gave himself a challenge: he would offer a month of his services to different charities for one full year. Join him as he shares some stories from A Year of Living Generously: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Philanthropy and muses on the nature of giving.
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September 22, 2010

Big Ideas - Using Nature

As a young man, David Carpenter was an avid hunter; over the years, he has become an equally avid conservationist. In A Hunter’s Confession, he explores the many faces of hunting—sport, subsistence, cultural practice—and looks at the complex feelings that are connected with being alert and armed (or unarmed) in the wild zone.
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September 23, 2010

Big Ideas - Eating Local

The popularity of the Hundred Mile Diet alerted many of us to the health, financial, and ecological implications of where our food comes from. But eating local can be a challenge. Join journalist Amy Jo Ehman as she shares her adventures, both hilarious and inspiring, from A Prairie Feast: A Writer’s Journey Home for Dinner.
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September 24, 2010

Big Ideas - Healing the Broken Circle

From his position as a respected aboriginal leader, Theodore Fontaine reaches back across the years to a younger self enduring life in a residential school. Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools is both demanding and tender, a testament to the strong heart of the teller and the faith that sharing the truth with all people will lead to genuine healing.
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