Clayton Bearard takes a sip from a dark brown bottle before passing it around a circle of people across from Yellowknife’s downtown liquor store. It’s not even three o’clock in the afternoon but with a stretch of warm weather following a frigid spring blizzard, the growing huddle of street people seem happy to soak up the sun as they polish…
Toronto is considered one of the world’s most diverse cities, attracting migrants from distant corners of the globe, as well as those from closer by – rural, suburban and interurban migrants seeking changes to their economic or social circumstances. People who identify as LGBTQ often flock to urban centres like Toronto in search of belonging or acceptance not found in…
When you step onto St.Peter’s Square in Vatican City it feels like you’re being catapulted back into history. In March of 2013 I got to photograph an occasion so rare that the last time it happened was 600 years ago. Up until 2013 the last sitting pope that resigned was Gregory XII, who stepped down in 1415. On February 11,…
In Canada indigenous people often use the term “since time immemorial” to describe how long they have lived on the land. Also known by its traditional name Tthenaago, the remote Dene community of Nahanni Butte in the Northwest Territories was relocated decades ago, but band members have always lived close to the mountain which is its namesake. The community is now…
For most people Tofino, B.C. is the end of the road on Vancouver Island. Located on the west coast of the island, through mountains and temperate rainforests, visitors often travel more than six hours from Vancouver, the nearest major Canadian city, to enjoy the area’s sandy beaches, lush rainforests and consistent surf. But if you’re looking to visit Wayne Adams…
The life of a small town funeral director is unlike any other job. Literally, the job is your life; 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year. When you’re not actively engaged in funeral service you are on call; you are planning what you have to do or thinking about what you’ve just been through. It’s relentless. Funeral director…
For 120 years, the Canadian government operated a network of Indian Residential Schools that were meant to assimilate young indigenous students into western Canadian culture. Indian agents would take children from their homes as young as two or three and send them to church-run boarding schools where they were punished for speaking their native languages or observing any indigenous traditions,…
Fort Albany, traditionally known as Peetabeck, is a remote First Nation community in Northern Ontario — one of over 600 in Canada. The Cree community, accessible only by air, water and winter road, is located in Treaty 9 territory on the western coast of James Bay about 130 kilometres northwest of Moosonee. Peetabeck is home to many survivors of the notorious St. Anne’s…
Niagara Falls is a tale of two cities. The thriving tourism of the Canadian Niagara Falls lies in stark contrast to the withering American Niagara Falls across the river. On the American side, the median income is $30,000 — 40 percent below national average and one fifth live below the poverty line. The Canadian side sees 12-million visitors each year,…