Anthropological Musings

BBC reports on how Bolivia and Peru are defending the right of indigenous peoples to to continue in their cultivation of the coca plant. T...

The burqa was the symbol of the Taliban and their strict restrictions on the lives of women in Afghanistan. Now, there is increasing pressur...

It seems that there is a form of cyber guerilla warfare now underway as anonymous web surfers are not waging war with Scientology. The video...

The newspaper business is an interesting one. For a number of years, I served as a volunteer for the University of Toronto's student new...

The National Post has published an interesting piece on the survival of Inuktitut in Nunavut and role of the Nunavut regional goverment in...

The Globe and Mail has a fascinating piece on how Samaritans are seeking brides from the Former Soviet Union to save their community. Their...

Masha Lipman provides a subtle analysis of the erosion of democracy in the Washington Post. In her piece " Putin Cements His Grip ,...

Canada is a multicultural state that encourages immigration from around the world. Canada recognizes the need for immigration as our low bir...

China has garnered the world's attention due to its phenomenal economic growth that has propelled it forward as an economic giant. Howev...

Poverty and child mortality are endemic across much of the world, notably in the African continent. Yet, simple measures can save countless ...

Now that the Canadian dollar has effectively reached parity with the United States dollar, a number of businesses can more easily expand int...

The Globe and Mail published an article that covers the growing controversy of a Liberal high-ranking apparatchik who allegedly said: ...