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, 2026 This land is […]
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 orders of US President Trump […]
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 Master of Adult Education program […]
by Dorothy A. Lander We are Trees When the forest breathes out, you breathe in. When the forests thrive, you thrive. When the forest lives, you live. – Suzanne Simard, 2026 In May 2026, The Halifax Examiner reported on Suzanne Simard’s visit to Nova Scotia to launch her book When the Forest Breathes. It reminded […]
By Dorothy Lander In a recent posting on LinkedIn, Tye Farrow introduced his doctoral research and the concept of Architectural Determinants of Health (AD0H) as the health-causing features and patterns of placemaking that translate and extend social, structural, and environmental determinants, showing how purposeful design choices become practical levers to support health and wellbeing. In […]
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 our Antigonish-based book launch this […]
Follow the Money. A commitment to truth and justice marks the resistance of the less powerful against the exercise of institutional power. Again and again, that resistance collides with a familiar quid pro quo: the inscription of billionaire donors’ names on our most beloved cultural and educational institutions, and their influence on policy. Sackler at […]
by Dorothy Agnes Lander For the past 25 years, I (Dorothy Agnes Lander) have been writing letters to Letitia Youmans (1822-1896), foremother in the Canadian Sunday School movement, which peaked in the 19th century continuing well into the 20th century. My letters all begin “Dear Letitia” and close with the sign off “Your sister in […]
Dorothy Lander, co-founder of HARP Publishing: The People’s Press, was devastated to learn of the death of her long-time friend, Jeannie Mackay, on August 23, 2025. As a deeply passionate thespian and humanitarian her entire life, Jeannie Mackay personified the mission of HARP, dedicating her enormous talents and sharp wit to support the healing arts […]
