Joan Boxall – INSPIRED

Can You Speak? You Can Sing!

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Can You Speak? You Can Sing!

I am sitting with one thousand singers at a five-day choral music festival called Kathaumixw (pronounced ...

I am sitting with one thousand singers at a five-day choral music festival called Kathaumixw (pronounced ‘kah-tie-miew’ in the Tla’amin First Nation’s language). The Aboriginal people gifted the name ...

October 27, 2025
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Many Ways to Fortify: Amsterdam to Dalmatia

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Many Ways to Fortify: Amsterdam to Dalmatia

Fortification isn’t only about food and drink, but in safety and strength gained. There’s a ‘je ne sais q ...

Fortification isn’t only about food and drink, but in safety and strength gained. There’s a ‘je ne sais quoi’ value-added ingredient in feeling encouraged and powerful. A 3-day reunion with our extend ...

April 30, 2024
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Loutet Farm And Its Multiple Hats

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Loutet Farm And Its Multiple Hats

I arrive at the Loutet Farm to write a story. I become the volunteer who works in the field and the marke ...

I arrive at the Loutet Farm to write a story. I become the volunteer who works in the field and the market. The Loutet team is hard at it, farming in my backyard (FIMBY), and it entails farm duties wh ...

August 29, 2023
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WEST IS WEST: CYCLING LISBON TO FARO

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WEST IS WEST: CYCLING LISBON TO FARO

We are West Coasters. Coastal pathways attract us — the people, the culture and the chance to explore. We ...

We are West Coasters. Coastal pathways attract us — the people, the culture and the chance to explore. We’ve explored the West Coast of BC. Now it’s Iberia — along Portugal’s 20 per cent of the penins ...

October 26, 2022
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DOIN’ THE SHU’

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DOIN’ THE SHU’

We’ve driven five hours over the Coquihalla Highway from Vancouver to the Shuswap Lake Region to ‘do the ...

We’ve driven five hours over the Coquihalla Highway from Vancouver to the Shuswap Lake Region to ‘do the Shu’. Centrally-located in BC, the Shuswap is easy-access for Albertans who are a five-hour dri ...

July 28, 2022
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REPLACEMENT AND REVISION SURGERIES: MOVING AHEAD

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REPLACEMENT AND REVISION SURGERIES: MOVING AHEAD

I trace the timeline of my hip-replacements to the revised me of present time. The new-and-improved me of ...

I trace the timeline of my hip-replacements to the revised me of present time. The new-and-improved me offers some tips on how I got here. “I have OA? Old age? What, at 30?” I asked my physician.“Oste ...

November 24, 2021
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CYCLING THE GARONNE CANAL TOWPATH IN SOUTHWEST FRANCE

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CYCLING THE GARONNE CANAL TOWPATH IN SOUTHWEST FRANCE

B for BordeauxCooling our toes in the world’s original water mirror, fog emanates every 15 minutes from t ...

B for BordeauxCooling our toes in the world’s original water mirror, fog emanates every 15 minutes from the banks of water that define Bordeaux in two words: bord and eaux. This UNESCO world heritage ...

July 26, 2021
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STEPPING UP AND OUT

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STEPPING UP AND OUT

When a child needs life-saving treatment, Ronald McDonald House BC and Yukon steps up for families. The m ...

When a child needs life-saving treatment, Ronald McDonald House BC and Yukon steps up for families. The mission of Ronald McDonald House (RMH or the ‘House’) is about keeping families together. In the ...

April 29, 2021
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CYCLING WITHOUT AGE: WIND IN THE HAIR, AND ALL THAT

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CYCLING WITHOUT AGE: WIND IN THE HAIR, AND ALL THAT

A trishaw is an electrically-assisted cargo bike. With two front-facing passenger seats, the pilot sits b ...

A trishaw is an electrically-assisted cargo bike. With two front-facing passenger seats, the pilot sits behind and slightly above the passengers. Conversation flows, as free-flowing as the gentle wind ...

February 25, 2021
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TRANSITION TO E-BIKING: TAKE CHARGE!

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TRANSITION TO E-BIKING: TAKE CHARGE!

Ready for a makeover? From a COVID 19-chrysalis into an e-bike butterfly? E-bikes (electrically-assisted) ...

Ready for a makeover? From a COVID 19-chrysalis into an e-bike butterfly? E-bikes (electrically-assisted) resemble person-powered bicycles except for a small battery-run motor that allows riders to ov ...

September 01, 2020
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Get Your Bearings: The North Shore Culture Compass

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Get Your Bearings: The North Shore Culture Compass

Ever lost your way? Felt disoriented? The North Shore Culture Compass (NSCC) is a free online map that in ...

Ever lost your way? Felt disoriented? The North Shore Culture Compass (NSCC) is a free online map that interactively pulls people together. A showcase of the marvellously magnetic North Shore (Greater ...

July 01, 2020
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Bridging the Gap

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|Date: August 01, 2019
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Bridging the Gap

INSPIRED Magazine contributor Joan Boxall discusses her new book, published by Caitlin Press in May 2019: ...

INSPIRED Magazine contributor Joan Boxall discusses her new book, published by Caitlin Press in May 2019: DrawBridge: Drawing Alongside My Brother’s Schizophrenia by Joan Boxall Illustrations by ...

August 01, 2019
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Salute to the Sockeye Keepers

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Salute to the Sockeye Keepers

This fish story is a whopper. It begins with an egg, an eye, an alevin, a fry, a smolt, a silvery juvenil ...

This fish story is a whopper. It begins with an egg, an eye, an alevin, a fry, a smolt, a silvery juvenile, a mature adult and a red-spawner journey back to a fresh-water home. Pivotal are a school of ...

February 01, 2019
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Dare to do Edinburgh in August

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Dare to do Edinburgh in August

Charles Dickens said, “Coming back to Edinburgh is like coming home.” For me, it’s been over 40 years sin ...

Charles Dickens said, “Coming back to Edinburgh is like coming home.” For me, it’s been over 40 years since I went on an Edinburgh exchange with UBC’s women’s field hockey team. For my husband Ken, it ...

August 02, 2018
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A Big Birding Year

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A Big Birding Year

Birding is about to get bigger with an amazing year ahead. The Year of the Bird, according to The Nationa ...

Birding is about to get bigger with an amazing year ahead. The Year of the Bird, according to The National Geographic Society, the Audubon Society, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and BirdLife Internat ...

May 01, 2018
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