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What It Meant to Work in a Waterloo Region Rubber Factory

This article is part of the series The Trials and Jubilations of Working in the Rubber Industry: Rubber Worker Storiesand is…
Mixing Rubber in Waterloo Region’s Rubber Factories in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Mixing Rubber in Waterloo Region’s Rubber Factories in the 19th and 20th Centuries

This article is part of the series The Trials and Jubilations of Working in the Rubber Industry: Rubber Worker Storiesand is…
Building Tires in Waterloo Region

Building Tires in Waterloo Region

This article is part of the series The Trials and Jubilations of Working in the Rubber Industry: Rubber Worker Storiesand is…
2020: The Year of Empathy, My Book List

2020: The Year of Empathy, My Book List

I’ve been trying to figure out a way to encapsulate all of this year in a word that encompasses both…
World Mental Health Day and Me

World Mental Health Day and Me

Today is World Mental Health Day, and it’s a day I’ll admit I’m always conflicted about. I sometimes worry that some…
Lisa LaTouche on Tap

Lisa LaTouche on Tap

Lisa LaTouche began tap at age eight after her mother showed her a little time step. Her career has taken…
What Do You Call Books Free from Explicit Content?

What Do You Call Books Free from Explicit Content?

I set out to write books free from explicit content, but I didn’t know there was an actual term for…
What Did Elisabeth Wear? Clothing in Semlac

What Did Elisabeth Wear? Clothing in Semlac

Clothing in Semlac is perhaps the hardest detail to keep track of in Between Worlds. I have photos, but they don’t…
10 Facts About Shell Shock and World War I

10 Facts About Shell Shock and World War I

“Shell shock” was the term used to describe initially inexplicable symptoms in soldiers in World War I. Although similar reactions…

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