How to Give Yourself Time to Think

Whether it’s for a few hours, a few days, or a full week, everyone needs dedicated time to reflect. This guide will help you plan a personal creative retreat in the city or in nature.

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Renovating a Century-Old Home in Québec

Against a tide of cookie-cutter neighbourhoods and instant polyurethane dwellings, the Rhéaume Gonzalez family immersed themselves in the joys and challenges of restoring a heritage home.
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How to Feast with Ancestors

Cultural preservationist Gabrielle Carter is reviving traditional Southern foodways on her family's farm in North Carolina.
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The New Wave of Social Saunas

Mobile saunas are reinventing spa culture, making them more accessible in the process. Proponents of this new trend ask us to consider whether laughter may be just as relaxing as silence.
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Predicting the Weather with Molly and Edouard

A walk in nature can help us understand and predict the weather, if we take the time to observe the signs. Molly and Edouard, an Anishinaabe couple from Pikogan, share…
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Atelier

A Short Guide to Living More Pointlessly

The digital platforms we rely on for connection and self-improvement are invariably built on point systems. But do we really want to play life like a game?
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The Birth of a Mutual Aid Hub in Toronto

When the residents of a Toronto high rise claimed an empty unit for a food bank, they found they had more to share with each other than they expected.
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Sustainable Forestry Is Taking Root in Québec

In partnership with Signature Bois Laurentides

Wood products have an important role to play in addressing climate change, but so do healthy forests. The Laurentian timber industry in Québec is maintaining this delicate balance.

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Opening Up Outdoors

Illustrator Florence Rivest dwells on one shore of the St. Lawrence; across the water live Uapukun Mestokosho and Shanice Mollen…

Going Sideways / Episode 05
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Regrowing Nature

Lawns no longer rule supreme for these citizens bringing back native plants. In Montréal, Emile Forest and Philippe Asselin are…

Going Sideways / Episode 06
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Tending Community

All too often, we underestimate the power of community. In Montréal, Les Filles Fattoush has created work—and a warm welcome—for…

Going Sideways / Episode 03
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Reinventing Work

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