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Community Wire
by Cassandra Roach

Food, or lack thereof
I don’t know about anyone else, but the current food crisis has
been a little unsettling for me. Riots? Rice rationing? Yikes. There
must be something we can do. Global food system expert and
University of Waterloo Environment and Resource Studies prof Dr.
Jennifer Clapp will be speaking to this issue at the Centre for
International Governance Innovation (CIGI) on Tuesday, May 13
with her talk “The Global Food Crisis: Causes, Consequences,
Solutions?” To break that title down a little: “what is behind the
current global food crisis, how does it affect different populations
around the world, and what can be done about it?” Clapp
promises to explore these facets of the issue, examining the key
factors behind the spike in food costs, an increase that seems to
have come out of nowhere. [ more ]

perspective

Why I Hate The Junos
by Adam Grant

When I was e–mailed an advance list of Juno Award nominees a
few weeks back, I believe my first thought was, ‘are these voters
on crack?’ That was followed by a lot of reading, re–reading of
the list and amazement to make sure I wasn’t blinded by rage to
misinterpret the nominees. Sure enough, it turned out I wasn’t
blind, but unfortunately the same couldn’t be said for CARAS –
the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. [ more ]

letters to the editor

Rants
by Adam Grant

MAY 1
Thanks for response to the atheist question originating April 20
with a follow–up on April 25. Yes, you are absolutely right. I
missed your point about free speech, so I would like to say, if
they’re so ignorant because they lack scientific method in their
reasoning, and of course they can say whatever they want. Thank
you.

No, no, no: I said how do you know if you are blessed. I guess I
should pronunciate better and more clearly. [ more ]

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