Opinion

In January 2020, during the early planning of our Special Spring Print Issue, where this editorial also appears, we could hardly imagine that our work, our daily lives, the world as we know it, would be upended by a global pandemic. But here we are. The sealing of borders, the closing of restaurants, bars, and theatres, and the shuttering of manufacturing plants and schools, has been devastating, both economically and psychologically. No work, no school, no eating out, no live theatre or sports, no live audiences on late-night TV shows.…

In June 1940, at the outbreak of World War II, Italy declared war on Great Britain. At the time, Canada…

The first time I visited Rome, I was nine years old. Throughout the year, my mother would save enough money…