Childhood Denied
Myra Dziama’s gentle film is mostly about childhood restored, with love and understanding. And the “custody battle” launched in the UN by Moscow’s Poland for the children who chose Canada.
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2016 Vol. 8 No. 2—Spring / Films
2014 Vol. 6 No. 3 — Fall-Winter / Commentary
Canada’s First State Visit to Poland: Promoting Business; Remembering a Shared History
Martin Grzadka is a pragmatic, successful businessman who loves to promote Canada-Poland business. But when he writes about his feelings when the national anthems of his native land and his adopted country were played in the presence of the two countries’ heads of state, well you can almost hear the heartbeats.
2014 Vol. 6 No. 3 — Fall-Winter / Bulletin Board
Bulletin Board Fall 2014
Agnieszka Holland to direct two “House of Cards” episodes; British/Australian filmmaker Simon Target brings us “A Town Called Brzostek,” and Canada & Poland honor their forces that fought together during WWII.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 3 — Fall / Features
The Story of Two Photographs
Stoicism, determination, and a sense of humour: that’s all a young immigrant needs.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books / Features
Jan Karski: The Story of a Secret State
Jan Karski is a hero not just for our times but for all times, says Irene Tomaszewski as she recalls her first meeting with the modest hero. He represents the best in humanity and the collective will of a nation that would not submit.
2013 Vol. 5 No. 1 — Spring / Books
Giant
In this review of Aga Maksimowska’s Giant, Andrew Borkowski, whose Copernicus Avenue won the 2012 Toronto Book Award, may well be giving us a glimpse of next year’s winner.
2011 Vol. 3 No. 4 — Winter / Commentary
Nowhere Places: Mining the Polish Experience
…there’s a symmetry between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the French-English multicultural country I’ve grown up in… and it seems fitting that Polish and Canadian troops often fought side by side in WWII. That’s a good place to start rebuilding a sense of who I am, says Andrew Borkowski.
2011 Vol. 3 No. 3 — Fall / Commentary
Why This Silence?
The photo was unmistakably me, in Nehru shirt and bell bottoms, a cigarette dangling rakishly in my right hand… on the front page of Czechoslovakia’s Socialist Union of Youth newspaper.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 3 — Fall / Commentary
Human Trafficking … in Canada?
According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 800 to 1200 persons are trafficked every year to Canada and 1500 to 2200 persons are trafficked through Canada into the United States.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 3 — Fall / Commentary
A Young Canadian’s Love Affair with the Polish Language
Polish sounded like a waterfall & I understood nothing of the rushing sz, cz, rz, and rrr sounds. But the sounds of Polish intrigued me instantly.
2010 Vol. 2 No. 2 — Summer / Books
Polish Orphans of Tengeru: The Dramatic Story of Their Long Journey to Canada 1941-49
Author Lynne Taylor documents the dramatic story of a group of Polish orphans who were exiled to Siberia, escaped via the Middle East, and grew up in Africa. They finally came to Canada – in defiance of claims by the communist regime that the children belong to them.
2009 — Spring / Features
From the Snows of Siberia to the Snows of Kilimanjaro
The Canadian immigration representative seemed perplexed. What was he think of this Polish matriarchy living in mud huts surrounded by lovely gardens with trimmed hedges and a view of the great mountain in the distance? The children in their smart uniforms didn’t help. He was looking for labour in Canada’s mines and forests.
2008 / Interviews
On Poles and Visas: Andrew Nagorski and Dominic Roszak
CR asks Dominic Roszak to comment on Canada’s policy regarding visa-free travel from Poland, and Andrew Nagorski for some insights into the American policy.
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