Vancouver’s Lifeguard Legend

“Ruby Smith Diaz (l.) examines the life of Joe Fortes, a Black lifeguard in Vancouver, during a time of rampant racism, exploring his legacy and identity through research, personal reflections and poetry.FULL STORY

 

Environmental hope

June 08th, 2020

Scholar, educator and author Elin Kelsey has written Hope Matters: Why Changing the Way We Think Is Critical to Solving the Environmental Crisis (Greystone $22.95), due out in October. Based on timely, evidence-based information, she argues that rather than primarily focus on bad news about the climate crisis, we should pay more attention to campaigns that support ocean conservation, species survival and rewilding, all of which can be built upon to change the downward spiral of environmental degradation. 9781771647779

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