Articles written by: Kinia Adamczyk

Kinia Adamczyk

Kinia Adamczyk is a full-time Canadian and part-time Pole. Or maybe it's the other way around. When she's not pondering about hyphenated identities, Kinia makes a living muckraking at an investigative TV show in Montreal, writing, traveling and creating all sorts of fun things, including cool recipes and online magazines – she was a co-founder of cosmopolitanreview.com in 2008, while doing her Master's in European studies in Warsaw at the College of Europe. She finished her undergrad in journalism and communication studies at Concordia University in Montreal, with a year spent in Denmark and the Netherlands.

The flavours of Paul Kunigis
2013 Vol. 5 No. 3 — Fall / Features

Blending In, Tasting Harmony: A Journey into Paul Kunigis’s Kitchen and Soul

Musician, poet, writer and chef, all of it in Polish, Hebrew, Arabic, German, French and English.

Europe, Bicycles and Me

2012 vol. 4 no. 1 — Spring / Features / Travel

Europe, Bicycles and Me


She learned a lot while studying in Europe, says Kinia Adamczyk, one of the most important being the mastery of urban cycling skills.

Will the Real Africa Please Stand Up?
2010 Vol. 2 No. 3 — Fall / Commentary

Will the Real Africa Please Stand Up?

More than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred to Africa – & it’s not helping. Africans are worse off because of it, claims Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo.

Uprooting Halina – A Journey From Siberia to Iran and Canada
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Features

Uprooting Halina – A Journey From Siberia to Iran and Canada

Kinia Adamczyk’s short film captures the indomitable spirit of Halina Babinska, remarkably courageous at the age of 10, still an inspiration 60 years later.

Elegance, Minimalism, Flesh: CR loves Paweł Skurski
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Features

Elegance, Minimalism, Flesh: CR loves Paweł Skurski

The artist’s work reveals “A fascination with woman and with questions about her nature and magnetism…”

The Betweeners: A Work by Ian Wojtowicz
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Features

The Betweeners: A Work by Ian Wojtowicz

Ian Wojtowicz staged his work, “The Betweeners” at Montreal’s Skol in April 2010.

Naples, Florida: The High Cost of Living in Paradise
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Travel

Naples, Florida: The High Cost of Living in Paradise

A brief holiday in Pelican Bay is a bit like a visit to paradise. But this earthly paradise comes at a price, muses Kinia Adamczyk, a price too high for many long time residents who are forced to move.

Catching up with … Jan Lisiecki, pianist extraordinaire
2010 Vol. 2 No.1 — Spring / Interviews / Music

Catching up with … Jan Lisiecki, pianist extraordinaire

Jan Lisiecki on being a citizen of the world and on why he prefers music to math.

Istanbul: Lust, Attraction and Attachment
2010 Vol. 2 No.1 — Spring / Travel

Istanbul: Lust, Attraction and Attachment

Istanbul is alternately seductive and modest, attractive to men and women alike, and not inclined to be controlled by either of her two families, Asia and Europe. Kinia Adamczyk offers her Istanbul top 13.

From Totalitarianism to Democracy: A Twisted and Unfinished Road
2009 — Winter / Features

From Totalitarianism to Democracy: A Twisted and Unfinished Road

The McGill University campus in Montreal, Canada was the setting of a recent international conference organized by the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada on the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism in Europe. From Totalitarianism to Democracy: Twisted and Unfinished Road took place on October 21-22, 2009 and featured seventeen speakers from Canada, the United States, Poland, Germany and Australia.

Of Self-Governance and Nature: Exploring Ecovillages in Denmark
2009 — Summer / Travel

Of Self-Governance and Nature: Exploring Ecovillages in Denmark

What if, in one way or another, every citizen could spend some time participating in his and her own food production?

From 1683 to 2009: the [Secret] Link Between the Battle of Vienna & Poland’s “Lack of Positive Spirit”
2009 — Spring / Features

From 1683 to 2009: the [Secret] Link Between the Battle of Vienna & Poland’s “Lack of Positive Spirit”

Poles have been accused of “selling their soul to the devil” to join the EU and then of making no efforts while finally in. Is this accurate? The author probes Marc Maresceau, a lawyer and Gorbachev-era specialist.

Baku Is … Just Plain Rich
2009 — Spring / Travel

Baku Is … Just Plain Rich

Baku, if one believes the locals and the foreign oil investors, has seen an unprecedented economic boom in the last four years transforming Azerbaijan’s capital into a construction field, with apartment building skeletons waiting to be dressed and filled with life lining up on every piece of free land.