COLUMN – IS THERE REALLY SUCH A THING AS “WHITE PRIVILEGE”?
Is there such a thing as "white privilege"? I don’t think so. I would rather say there’s cultural privilege. Here’s what I mean.
Culture is desig...
COLUMN – CONSUMER CULTURE: WHY STUFF CAN’T BUY US HAPPINESS
A few weeks ago I was at a music festival and I noticed a passerby wearing a shirt that said, "Save me for my wants"! Those five words in many ways de...
OPINION – THE BLAME GAME: THE BLACK VICTIM NARRATIVE IS GETTING TIRED
For better or worse, our lives are physical expressions of the narrative we tell ourselves everyday. This narrative is a story about the world the wor...
OTTAWA 2017’S LEGACY WILL BE A CONFIDENT AND AUDACIOUS CAPITAL
So far it’s been a memorable year in Canada’s capital- car races, downhill ice skating races, three-course dinners 150 feet in the air, a dinner f...
INTERVIEW WITH OTTAWA 2017 BOSS, GUY LAFLAMME
In our in-depth interview with Guy Laflamme, Joe Mebrahtu and Kevin Bourne talk to the Ottawa 2017 executive director, about his legacy and efforts to...
WHEN LESS IS MORE PRODUCTIVITY HAPPENS
If we’re all honest, almost all of us have a similar problem- productivity, or the lack thereof. This is a human problem, but it’s especially true for...
WHAT ALI, TRUMP AND KANYE HAVE IN COMMON
A couple of months ago the SHIFTER team got into a protracted debate about our perception of certain cultural influencers. The usual suspects came up...
THE POWER OF CREATIVE PROTEST
Recently I was watching an episode of Friday Night Lights on Netflix. Friday Night Lights is a television drama set in a fictional small town called ...
CLOTHING AND IDENTITY: WHAT DO OUR CLOTHES SAY ABOUT US?
Have you ever thought about the message your clothes send and what it says about you? What story are you telling with your style today?
I think thi...