Review: Jane Werger’s production of Freud’s Last Session
When the Nazis were invited into Austria in 1938, Sigmund Freud reluctantly left Vienna for London. The 83-year-old Father of psychoanalysis was in no condition to move about freely. Since …
Troy Bordun
Review: Bea Quarrie’s production of Vimy
Peterborough Theatre Guild opened their newest production on October 30. Vimy, written by Vern Thiessen, tells the tale of four bed-ridden Canadian soldiers and one nurse from Nova Scotia. It …
Proportional representation in Parliament
One of Justin Trudeau’s promises is electoral reform. According to the Liberal Party website, in 18 months, an all-party parliamentary committee will be formed to discuss our current single-member plurality …
Why don’t PhD students teach courses at Trent? Part 1
It may be news to some undergraduates that very few Trent PhD students teach. Under CUPE 3908 Unit 2, incoming PhDs are offered Teaching Assistant positions for four years, but …
Battles on tour in support of La Di Da Di
I saw Battles in the spring of 2007 at Lee’s Palace in Toronto. They were touring on the Atlas 12” single and, if my memory is correct, they opened with …
What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been in the works since 2010. Intensive debate took place at the end of September 2015 and continued until a deal was reached on October …
Peterborough and the next federal government
Peterborough residents have their eyes on plenty of political issues. Filtering through them, from the niqab debate to the TPP, may prove difficult. I asked Peterborough City Councillors what they …
All Candidates Debate on Arts, Culture, and Heritage
On Monday, September 28 at Showplace Theatre, EC3 and Artspace co-hosted an All Candidates’ Debate on Arts, Culture, and Heritage (ACH). The candidates are Toban Leckie (Strength in Democracy), Doug …
Draw a monster while rockin’ out to 1960’s music
Principal of Catharine Parr Traill College, Dr. Michael Eamon, has expanded Trent University’s Continuing Education classes. Dr. Eamon’s initiative, continuing from successful runs since Spring 2014, is a series of …
Dylan Cree: Taking the serious comically
On September 30th, Traill College hosted a multi-projection installation by filmmaker Dylan Cree. To Conference: Faux in Perpetuity and Of Pornology straddle comedy, documentary, and cultural theory in an effort …