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Angela Carter is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo. She is the author of Fossilized: Environmental Policy in Canada’s Petro-Provinces (UBC, 2020), recipient of the 2021 Donald Smiley Prize for the best book on the study of government and politics in Canada. Carter is now extending
In The Bleak Midwinter … he realised he missed joyful things from the past As I pushed open the gate, it started to snow; not just little flakes that would melt before they landed, but great big lumps like saucers. Just then, my new neighbour came out of her house and gazed up at the white sky. “I hope it settles,” she said. “I love a proper white Christmas. Snow’s wonderful, isn’t it?” Angela hated snow. At the first hint of a flake, she’d get the broom and shovel. The thought made my heart heavy. “Huh,” I replied. “It’s not much fun for us oldies.”