These collections of art, from wellness blog posts to artwork and much more, are resources to connect and educate one another through the pure power of organic storytelling.
As creatives from all walks of life, we have so much to teach and learn. Join us in the exploration of intimate, unique healing journeys through this dynamic, expressive space.
This Land is Made (in Canada) for You and Me by Dorothy Lander Every act of art is an act of resistance. Tom Morello, The Power of the People Festival, Maryland, Oct. 3, 2026 Oh, we’re radical environmentalists! Raging Grannies, Seniors’ Climate Witness, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Sept. 19,
Let me introduce you to Mugwort, my newfound ally in addressing our ecological crisis: an ancient climate witness and radical environmentalist. That word radical comes from the Latin radix, meaning simply root. Mugwort’s power manifests through her rhizome roots, creating huge stands that keep soil in place. The Oxford English
Bugle Weed and White Violets: Home Blooms for Tent City and Come-From-Away Refugees Tent City Halifax with Bugle Weed and White Violets, May 2023 by Dorothy Lander When a flower grows wild, it can always survive. Wildflowers don’t care where they grow.
by Dorothy Lander One hundred and seventy civilians, mostly schoolchildren, in southern Iran will never eat another morsel of food. The deadly bombing of a primary school in Minab in southern Iran by the United States Military Tomahawk missiles—twice so no accident— on February 28, 2026, swept me back to
www.tryhealingarts.ca H-ealing A-rts R-econciling P-eoples March 8, 2026 Happy International Women’s Day, Honourable Michelle Thompson & Honourable Tim Houston: I write on behalf of HARP The People’s Press (www.tryhealingarts.ca), Nova Scotia’s independent multi-media publishing house and shareholder-owned Community Interest Company, dedicated to the healing arts for health equity. After the
P. V. Rogagopal and VishwaMitra Yogesh leading the peace walkers from Dalhousie University to the Halifax waterfront, Sept. 21, 2024. www.walk4peace.ca On September 21, 2024, Dorothy and I commemorated the International Day of Peace by walking together with many others on a pilgrimage for peace on our earth (www.walk4peace.ca). We
This Land is Made (in Canada) for You and Me by Dorothy Lander Every act of art is an act of resistance. Tom Morello, The Power of the People Festival, Maryland, Oct. 3, 2026 Oh, we’re radical environmentalists! Raging Grannies, Seniors’ Climate Witness, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Sept. 19,
by Dorothy Lander One hundred and seventy civilians, mostly schoolchildren, in southern Iran will never eat another morsel of food. The deadly bombing of a primary school in Minab in southern Iran by the United States Military Tomahawk missiles—twice so no accident— on February 28, 2026, swept me back to
HARP The People’s Press is located in Canada’s Ocean Playground — Nova Scotia (www.tryhealingarts.ca). This slogan has been used on Nova Scotia’s license plates since 1972, coined by Alistair J. Campbell (1886-1960), who headed up Nova Scotia Tourist Association for over twenty years. In the last week of 2024, I
This Land is Made (in Canada) for You and Me by Dorothy Lander Every act of art is an act of resistance. Tom Morello, The Power of the People Festival, Maryland, Oct. 3, 2026 Oh, we’re radical environmentalists! Raging Grannies, Seniors’ Climate Witness, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Sept. 19,
Let me introduce you to Mugwort, my newfound ally in addressing our ecological crisis: an ancient climate witness and radical environmentalist. That word radical comes from the Latin radix, meaning simply root. Mugwort’s power manifests through her rhizome roots, creating huge stands that keep soil in place. The Oxford English
Bugle Weed and White Violets: Home Blooms for Tent City and Come-From-Away Refugees Tent City Halifax with Bugle Weed and White Violets, May 2023 by Dorothy Lander When a flower grows wild, it can always survive. Wildflowers don’t care where they grow.
by Dorothy Lander Inspired by Heather Cox Richardson, Boston College history professor, and her daily newsletter (Letters from an American), which connects breaking political news directly to past eras in American history, I decided to write my own letter in response to the shattered Canada-America relations evolving from the executive
At the request of her faculty colleague Dorothy Lander, Leona English introduced Carol Flegg for the launch of her book RN: Resilient Nurses – Frontline Stories from the COVID Pandemic, published with HARP The People’s Press on June 13, 2026. Leona knows Carol well as a graduate student in the
The first nudge came from Harry Robertson’s wife Liz Townsend when she and Dorothy realized that they were both Master of Adult Education (MAdEd) graduates at St. Francis Xavier University (StFX) in the 1980s and that Dr. Teresa MacNeil was their faculty advisor. But the adult education connection did not
