In about five years of living in Vancouver I’ve gotten a pretty good feel for the lay of the land: its magnificent nature, hilarious improv, world-famous sushi, the futuristic yet completely down-to-earth crypto community, the great cultural treasure that is The Drive, and the wonderful location in general clearly substantiating Raincouver’s other moniker of Hollywood …
A Patriotic Man (Isänmaallinen mies, 2013, 97m, 6.3) is a Finnish comedy-drama following one man’s journey in balancing morality with patriotism while complicit in a serious doping conspiracy, loosely based on a true true scandal. It centres on Finnish Nordic skiers’ doping strategy to come out on top after a few years of unsuccessful results …
I recently revisited CS Lewis’ The Great Divorce (1945, 4.27, 4.6), probably one of the founding blocks on which my moral values rest. I read it first close to a decade ago — I forget on what whim — but remember it filling a deep longing for moral truth I didn’t know I had. Studying …
Kimberley Dawson is a professor in the Kinesiology & Physical Education department at Wilfrid Laurier University, in Waterloo, Ontario (coincidentally down the street from where I completed my undergrad). She specializes in understanding what drives an individual to participate in exercise, and has done quite a bit of work in the field where psychology meets …