The Terry Project #57: Policing a Mental Health Crisis
In 2012, the VPD spent 21,000 hours apprehending 3,000 people under the Mental Health Act. Nobody likes this arrangement–not the police, not the mayor. In 2013, the City…
Read articleThe Terry Project #55.3: [Bonus] Caught in a Tsunami
In this bonus segment for our 55th episode, Christine Lang tells you the full story of surviving the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. Produced by Jordan Wade…
Read articleThe Terry Project on CiTR #55: After the Disaster
On this episode of The Terry Project we look at humanity in the face of disaster. First–we meet Christine Lang, a survivor of the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake;…
Read articleThe Terry Project on CiTR #54: Christmas and the Psychology of Human Kindness
On the latest episode of the Terry Project on CiTR–we look at four experiments about Christmas and human kindness. What impact can a Christmas tree have on us…
Read article‘Lit-hop’ artist Baba Brinkman criticizes ‘back-to-the-land’ movement in new album
Baba Brinkman has been called a ‘lit-hop’ artist. He tells me that as a nerdy white boy from Canada, he just couldn’t do the gangster rap…
Read articleThe Terry Project on CiTR #53: The End of Civilization Ecovillage
Gordon Katic is an environmentalist, but he doesn’t get out of the city very much. He’s plugged into politics, but removed from nature. So he boarded…
Read articleMeet One of UBC’s Protesters Against Tuition Increases
On December 2nd, UBC’s Board of Governors voted unanimously to raise tuition on international students–by 10% and by a subsequent 3% for the next four years.…
Read articleTerry Project on CiTR #52 – The New Debt Politics
The University of British Columbia is moving ahead with a 10% hike to international tuition fees, and a 20% hike on student rent. Obviously, students are…
Read articleStudent Protests Around the World
Blog Post by Terry Project Researcher Eric Bing UBC’s proposed tuition and residence fee increases have been met with significant outcry from students, and triggered the…
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