"On Aug. 24, 2015, Mykola was playing with his 4-year old brother and a group of friends in a field near home that had been appropriated for military training. He came across a curious object. He grabbed it like a toy without knowing it would treat him like a soldier."
"While the transformation of Waywayseecappo has been remarkable, in much of the country Aboriginal students on reserves receive about a quarter less funding for their primary school education than other Canadian children."
Maclean's Magazine, December 2013
"To recap: Warsame was a Somali national to Canadian officials, but not Somali enough for the Dutch."
"Zero per cent. In June 2010, that was the proportion of Aboriginal Grade 1 students studying at a reserve school in Manitoba who were reading at grade level. As for Grade 2? Another bagel: zero per cent. Same for Grade 3. And Grade 4? Three per cent—literally one child in a class of more than 30."
Maisonneuve Magazine, November 2011
“We became the masters of our own destiny,” says Justin Ferbey of Carcross-Tagish’s self-government treaty, “but we inherited major challenges.”
“Freedom and adventure. Those are the main draws for people. You live in a tent in the bush, wake up when you want, work as hard as you want. Nobody is looking over your shoulder.But we still joke that we are slaves to the spore, moving it around the globe, doing its bidding.”
LJUBISAV "GILBERT" LAZICH
Maclean's Magazine, September 2012
"He told her, “We’re orphans, we’re going to make it in this world. We have to make it.”"
DIANNE McCLEMENTS
Maclean's Magazine, July 2012.
"When Dianne saw the kids she worked with losing their tempers, she would step right in front of them, hardly an imposing figure at five foot one, and raise her hand—stop. 'Look at me,' she’d say. Her eyes were a light lagoon blue. Then, firmly but softly she’d say, 'I need you to be kind.'”
BEATRICE SORENSEN
Maclean's Magazine, July 2012.
"Two hours later, she announced her return with a rumble. Terry opened the garage. She sat silently on her steaming hog in the driveway, soaked and dripping, beaming her biggest smile."
