Retroscope - A Veritable Carnival

The 19th edition of CFSI’s festival turned out to be a veritable carnival, a feast of colourful sights and sounds.
Had I not gone, I would have missed the robust...

Children Respond To Global Terrorism Through Art With A Message Of Peace

The terrorist attacks in Paris on Nov. 13 left the world shaken, but students at Léman Manhattan Preparatory School in New York are responding to this...

Wash Up! For Universal Children's Day

“The one thing all children have in common is their rights. Every child has the right to survive and thrive, to be educated, to be free from violence and abuse, to pa...

Geena Davis: Unconscious Bias Is Hurting Women in Hollywood.

Geena Davis is making it her mission to educate Hollywood on gender equality. For years the actor has been very vocal about the dire need for equal gender representati...

Experts Gather In Mumbai To Craft A Road Map For Improving The Quality Of Foods And Feeding For Young Children

Mumbai, India ??17 November 2015 ???utrition experts, government officials, and development agencies from across the globe, including India with participation from 15 state...

Smartphone Could Help Detect Air Pollution

People could soon be using their smartphones to combat a deadly form of air pollution, thanks to a new low-cost method of detecting nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a significant ai...

Making Health Care Accessible

Aneema Begum, 61, had the last of her three children 38 years ago. The first two didn’t survive more than a year, and it is after the birth of her last, and only surv...

Curtain Raiser

“Everything is a celebration in the garden of childhood”
- Pablo Neruda

A question which frequently haunted me raises its head as I write...

Film Festival Celebrates Jewish?Culture

When the Calgary Jewish Film Festival began 15 years ago, its opening night attracted 40 people. This Saturday the festival will open with a screening of the documentary Ro...