Yearly Archives: 2012

This is Cairine MacDonald's response to the question, What are you skating towards in 2012? The Unexpected In a tribute to times past, skaters are gliding down canals on old-fashioned wooden skates. These skates are practical, efficient and allow you … Read More

Here is Mark Kingwell's response to the question, What are you skating towards in 2012? The Relationship Between Democracy and Empathy I can't skate very well, at least by Canadian standards, so I think I'm more groping and staggering towards … Read More

This is Shari Graydon's answer to What Are You Skating Towards? The Intersection of Voice and Agency As a young child, Sharon Carstairs was sexually abused by a family friend who effectively silenced her by insisting that no one would … Read More

Here is Stephen Owen's response to, What Are you Skating Towards in 2012? Responsibility to Protect (R2P) The International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty, sponsored by Canada, published “The Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) in 2001, which became part of … Read More

Fast Ice “Do you know that disease and death must needs overtake us, no matter what we are doing? …What do you wish to be doing when it overtakes you? …If you have anything better to be doing when you … Read More

Molly Harrington is Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy and Research Division, British Columbia Ministry of Social Development.  She is also co-chair of the Advisory Council on Social Entrepreneurship. This is her response to the question, What are you skating towards in … Read More