Author: Carol Matthews

Carol Matthews has worked a social worker, community worker, and Dean of Human Services and Community Education at Malaspina University-College (now Vancouver Island University). She has published a collection of short stories and four books of non-fiction. Her articles and reviews have appeared in many magazines and journals.

Freedom Misunderstood

Freedom Misunderstood

What does it mean now when we see Canadian flags displayed in windows of cars and houses? It used to be that these were signs of a touching and genuine patriotism. Now, they seem to be coopt [...]
The Rights of Trees

The Rights of Trees

How can we better protect our precious forests? Carol Matthew writes about the importance of our ancient trees and questions our right to cut them down. She tells about the “Wildwood Ecofore [...]
A Blushing White Woman is not a Woman of Colour

A Blushing White Woman is not a Woman of Colour

We’ve never before been so aware that the lives of all people matter, that all the challenges we face are global, and that we are all in it together. [...]
Original Artwork

Original Artwork

Original Artwork by Carol Matthews. It is easy to see that American democracy often makes mistakes in the choice of men to whom it entrusts power, but it is not so easy to say why the state [...]
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