https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LADntYGX4GQ
What could lead people to say such things as, “I can physically, like on every level, physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, feel myself changing and transforming,” and “my peers, they see a difference, they see me more open and, you know, thinking about future endeavours and what I want to do”?
These are the voices of adult learners working to earn their mature high school diploma in Adult Learning Centres in Manitoba, as portrayed in Kevin Nikkel’s documentary short film, Live and Learn, supported by the Manitoba Research Alliance. To make the short film, which premiered at the April 19, 2024 Adult Secondary Education Council (ASEC) conference in Winnipeg, Nikkel interviewed 34 adult learners and 14 teachers in Adult Learning Centres at 12 different sites in northern Manitoba, southern Manitoba, Portage la Prairie, Brandon and Winnipeg.
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press June 25, 2024
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press Saturday May 18, 2024
By Steve Rauh
The disastrous human losses in Israel and Gaza are not the consequences of justifiable war or unjustifiable terrorism. They are the inevitable outcome of generations of untreated trauma experienced by all the people in the region. Untreated trauma, especially collective trauma, often results in dangerous, hurtful and thoughtless behaviours.
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 29, 2024
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 22, 2024
JOSH BRANDON
IN its first budget, the NDP has adhered closely to the pragmatic instincts that won them last fall’s election. The budget includes investments in health care, cuts taxes for middle income Manitobans and sets out a plan for eventually reducing the deficit.
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press April 18, 2024
Previously published in the Winnipeg Free Press Saturday April 13, 2024
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