Each time I visit Japan, I am reminded of how Canadian I am and how little racial connection matters.

Each time I visit Japan, I am reminded of how Canadian I am and how little racial connection matters.

Thanks to evolution, our bodies have powerful ways to ward off illness and infection and enable us to live long and healthy lives. Why, then, do health costs continue to climb at unsustainable and frightening rates?

One of the joys of being a grandparent is getting to see the world again through the eyes of a child.

The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations.

Salmon farming-the placement of large metal or mesh net cages in the ocean to grow fish-was pioneered in Norway in the 1960s. Since then, the industry has expanded to Scotland, Ireland, Canada, the US, and Chile, but is dominated by the same multinational corporations. Wherever it is practiced, net-cage salmon farming is controversial and raises serious environmental concerns.

So now the challenge is to imagine a different world where our wealth is in human relations and the things we do together, and we learn to live in balance with the rest of nature.