Category Archives: Culture

(June 21, 1996) Of all the manifestations of urban poverty, panhandling is the most visible and the most disturbing. It assaults us during that most ordinary activity — walking down the street. Panhandlers are there when we walk to the cinema, when we go to work, when we stroll in the park. Continue reading →

(March 21, 1996) When Arthur Kornberg applied to medical schools across the continent in 1937, he was dismayed to find most doors closed to him. Although he was poor, it wasn’t lack of money that held him back, nor was it lack of ability. Continue reading →

(March 21, 1996) At 8 p.m. on a Wednesday evening, the second floor bar at the Imperial Pub is buzzing with expectancy, though as far as I can see, nothing in particular is about to happen. It’s business as usual, my daughter says. Continue reading →

(December 21, 1988) When you look up social entrepreneur in the dictionary, it should read: Al Etmanski, executive director of the Planned Lifetime Advocacy Network (PLAN) in Vancouver. How else to describe someone who has helped develop a way of saving disabled people such as Peggy and John from the isolation of government institutions? Continue reading →