Sunday Reading Suggestions
My list below includes uplifting and harder-hitting pieces
Uplifting Sunday Reads: The world has lots of darkness, but also a lot more light. Here are some suggested Sunday readings, by me:
???The peace-activism of Donald Sutherland - Donald Sutherland was born in New Brunswick, Canada, and is best known for his acting. He was an influential advocate for social justice and against wars, especially the Vietnam War.
????Peace is the norm. How to speak to your kids about that - My interview with Professor Wim Laven highlights how widespread and normal peace is. This article helps get a sense of perspective.
??How an abductee bears no hatred for his captors - Steve Dennis talks about his traumatic experience and Sara McHattie talks about peace conflict-resolution training, dialogue collaboration between communities
??How Filipe navigated recovery from PTSD - Filipe Faria talks about mental health care including self-care. Our visit to Caversham Booksellers includes Filipe's recommended books by writers including Bessel van der Kolk , Bruce Duncan Perry , Oprah Winfrey , and Michael A. Singer. With quotes from Dr Oyedeji (Deji) Ayonrinde .
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Here are some heavier pieces on current issues of peace and justice
??Homophobia's Role in Political Manipulation - My interview with Healy Thompson of the Stephen Lewis Foundation quotes a wide range of experts including Tigere Chagutah, PhD. , Ari Shaw, Ph.D. Nico Lang , and Frank Mugisha .
??Racial inequity in refugee support - After Estelle Lamoureux introduced me to Adey Mohamed , we spoke about the differing treatment of refugees in juxtaposition to Canadian values of equity.
????Canadian Arms Exports - Here, I critique arms exports to Saudia Arabia and Israel, drawing on data from Kelsey Gallagher 's work at Project Ploughshares .
??Misinformation threatens democracy - After Sanjay Khanna and Kawser Ahmed, PhD both raised the alarm about the prevalence of disinformation and misinformation, I write about its threat to democracy.
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