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For over 30 years, Michelle Loughery has carried the torch of a movement born not in boardrooms, but in the coal-streaked valleys of Michel-Natal, BC. Hers is a legacy built not just with paint, but with the hands of many who came before—immigrant tradespeople, artisans, and blue-collar visionaries who saw the blank walls of this
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: Why We Must Advocate for These Rights In today’s digital and creative economy, copyright protection is more than just an artist’s right—it is an essential economic safeguard akin to a tariff. Copyright serves as a critical mechanism to protect intellectual property (IP) and ensure fair compensation for creators, particularly in Canada, where cultural industries
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The year of 2022 is wrapping up in a very untidy bow. I am not even sure I want a bow on the gift of 2022. I am sure it was a year of gifts, but some of those gifts were more like the threatened box of coal that my mom would say we would
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In ancient times mental and spacial imagery for wayfinding was essential for survival. In many indigenous global cultures, extraordinary memory for trails, routes, signs, topography, places, plants and food sources were essential for survival of the community. As humans we have, as part of our DNA, an innate inner ability to find our way. The
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Phases and birthdays. I read somewhere that we grow in nine year intervals. And that if we turn our birthdate around it is where we are in a phase of that decade. Sound confusing? yes.. SO if I am 59 today as I write. Am I actually 95 ? Well this year has certainly had
ARTIST MICHELLE LOUGHERY 