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Essays
Canada: global citizen
Relive interviews with author, Pico Iyer at www.powells.com/authors/iyer.html and www.scottlondon.com/insight/scripts/iyer.html or get to know him live at savvytraveler.publicradio.org/show/features/1998/19980808/pico-iyer.shtml.
Consider reviews of Iyer's work at www.salon.com/travel/bag/1999/09/15/iyer/ and www.verveonline.com/25/life/chapter/abandon/abandon.shtml and www.bookpage.com/9704bp/nonfiction/tropicalclassical.html or judge for yourself by checking out any of his books listed at www.powells.com/subsection/VintageAuthorsIyerPico.html
Home Away
Pay a visit to the Writers' Union of Canada at www.writersunion.ca/members.htm for short biographies and lists of publications by each of the contributing authors to this series.
Operation Kabul
For more of Lana Slezic's photos of Afghanistan, go to www.lanaslezic.com and follow the links.
Compare the defense department's take on peacekeeping in Afghanistan (http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/afghanistan/menu-en.asp) with a Canadian peace-keeping veteran's perspective at www.peacekeeper.ca where you'll find stories from peacekeeping missions and news updates.
Write or send photos to our troops abroad on their message board at www.forces.gc.ca/site/community/messageboard/index_e.asp
Tango
in the Congo
Get in the face of three Canadian mining companies operating in
the Congo on their home pages at www.first-quantum.com, www.tenke.com and
Adastra Minerals at www.am-min.com.
See it from the UN's perspective by taking in the "Report of the Panel of Experts
on the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources and Other Forms of Wealth
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo" (2002) at www.un.org/News/dh/latest/drcongo.htm. Recount
King Leopold savage rule of the Belgian Congo in Adam Hochschild's "King Leopold's Ghost" (Mariner Books, 1999)
Put the conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo into context at www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/Africa/DRC.asp and
the University of Pennsylvania's African Studies Centre, www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Zaire.html where
you'll also find some natural history and photos of the region.
The far harvest
Decipher the details of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program at www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/cs/comm/hrsd/news/2004/040520a.shtml.
Scan the global migration scene at the International Organization for Migration,
www.iom.int.
Meet the Mexican migrant workers of southern Ontario and realize the critical
role
they play in the farming industry in Tanya Basok's "Tortillas and Tomatoes: Transmigrant Mexican Harvesters in Canada" (McGill - Queen's University Press,
2003)
Read through a rundown of the agricultural production of Guatemala at http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/agriculture-food/country-profile-76.html.
Plan a visit to the Monteregie region of Quebec at www.tourisme-monteregie.qc.ca.
World views
Admire the work of "the father of modern photojournalism" at the Henri Cartier-Bresson
Foundation http://www.henricartierbresson.org.
Treat yourself to some of the best of Canadian photojournalism at CG's Special
Feature, "World views" oron the homepages of some of our featured photographers: www.davidbarbour.com, www.brianatkinson.ca,
www.rogerlemoyne.com, www.stevesimonphoto.com, www.nanceackerman.com Visit
an exhibition of Larry Towell's work at the Cambridge Galleries at http://home.golden.net/~sambi/towell/ and
browse a list of his books at www.allbookstores.com/browse/Author/Towell,%20Larry Also add Nance Ackerman's book (with Donna Nebenzahl), "
Womankind: Faces of Change Around the World" (Feminist Press, 2003) to your collection.
Language of love
Research the possibilities of Langues O' in Paris at www.inalco.fr.
Search through a list of books by Michele Therrien at http://www2.biblinat.gouv.qc.ca/rfq/auteurs/003453.htm Quench your curiosity by reading the Department of Foreign Affairs'
explanation for
France's interest in Amerindian and Inuit issues at www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/aboriginalplanet/around/europe/arfrance-en.asp
Brothers in drums
Hear the music of the Diouf brothers on their home turf at www.diouf.ca, complete
with biographies, sound and video clips, a calendar of shows and press
coverage of the musical group.
Gain a broader scope by picking up the
Rough Guide To The Music Of Senegal & Gambia,
(World Music Network (UK), 2000) and tune into other recordings of
Senegalese music listed at www.abacci.com/atlas/music3.asp?countryID=315
Mosaic:
Maple Leaf on the Mediterranean
Add the Maltese islands to your itinerary at www.visitmalta.com and schedule
in a photography tour of Malta, Sicily and Tunisia with featured
photographer, David Trattles at www.gogozo.comFind out what the Department of Foreign Affairs has to say about Canadian-Maltese
relations and trade at www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canadaeuropa/country_mal-en.asp
Compiled by Jodi Di Menna
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