Mackenzie Lott

A poem about crabbing in the North Pacific, apologies to Robert Service.

The Bike Kitchen at UBC offers recipe repairs for walkers, wheelchairs and bicycles, yet for a long time their location has made such maintenance difficult. Conversations about Bike Kitchen accessibility reach back nearly a decade, when the shop could be found below the AMS bike pole, after a dozen stairs. “[For] a lot of older folks, people with mobility issues, we would have to run out, help them get their bike, get them down the stairs and also help them back up” calmly explains current Bike

Peter Clarkson is a retired park warden and Canadian artist whose pieces are crafted from debris found along the coastline where he works. His art, which brings about beauty from refuse, conveys both light-heartedness and a subtle directive, and is displayed in exhibits across the country.

An interview with John Vaillant (“The Golden Spruce”) following his talk with German author Peter Wohlleben (“The Hidden Life of Trees”) at the 2016 Vancouver Writers Festival.

An image poem about cycling in Vancouver, published by the City of Portland, Oregon for display on their Bike Week 2020 webpage.