by FCP | Oct 18, 2026 | Thoughts and Musings
This weekend, I was reminded once again of the extraordinary gift of the Arts. A weekend filled with celebration: a well-acted and beautifully paced community theatre production of “Misery” by the Ladysmith Little Theatre; an incredibly stellar performance...
by FCP | Oct 7, 2026 | Thoughts and Musings
I’ve been thinking about unity lately, and I’m not entirely convinced I understand it. When I’m in the town where I live and someone asks where I’m from, I say, “just up the street”. When I am in Victoria, and asked where I am from, I reply, “Nanaimo-Ladysmith.” On...
by FCP | Jul 17, 2026 | Thoughts and Musings
To witness a pole raising on Haida Gwaii is to witness GaadGaasgiidang Beautiful, powerful, and deeply emotional. Children stand beside Elders, and Chiefs, families beside friends, and the community moves as one. Like the tides, the songs rise with the voices,...
by FCP | Jun 12, 2026 | Thoughts and Musings
Free speech sounds simple when spoken aloud. The words arrive carrying promises of openness, of voices unbound, of ideas moving freely through the world. Yet beneath that promise rests a harder question: who is able to speak freely, and who bears the cost when speech...
by FCP | Mar 10, 2026 | Thoughts and Musings
They were somewhere else, it seems…scrolling, perhaps, or shaking their heads at headlines before moving on. They were in kitchens, in cars, in living rooms lit by the quiet glow of phones. They were everywhere except the theatre, where an Indigenous troupe from the...
