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I heard some radio chatter suggesting some people don’t make resolutions anymore because they may have more sophisticated — or cynical — self-understandings than people of yesteryear. The idea was that we know we’ll break our resolutions, and anyway, we tend to be focussed on wellness year round.
But is faith in ourselves and our own gain the only point (and can we really think we are that original)? Today in The Conversation Canada, Nicole Dufoe of the University of Toronto writes about how English Victorian writers approached both self-help and resolutions. Her story offers both a fascinating look at 19th century roots of the contemporary western wellness industry and at rest, routine, ritual and literature in earlier times.
As she writes, “the Victorians offer more than the origins of the wellness industry’s current capitalist trap.”
Also today:
Regards,
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January is named after the two-faced Roman god Janus, and the Victorians understood this has long been a season of looking backward as much as forward, and not just in search of lessons.
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Nicole Dufoe, University of Toronto
The 1859 book ‘Self-Help’ by Scottish journalist and physician Samuel Smiles was written in bite-sized pieces reminiscent of today’s wellness and lifestyle New Year tips.
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Defence Minister Anita Anand holds a media availability on Parliament Hill in December 2022 on her report to Parliament on culture change reforms at the Canadian Armed Forces. It’s the latest of many pledges to reform the CAF’s culture.
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Jason Walker, University Canada West
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Emily E. Cameron, University of Manitoba; Darcy Beer, University of Manitoba; Elisabete Doyle, University of Manitoba; Karen Gripp, University of Manitoba; Leslie E. Roos, University of Manitoba; Merilee Brockway, University of Calgary; Tasmia Hai, University of Manitoba
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Justine Lalande, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Steve Schifferes, City, University of London
Central banks are raising interest rates to tame inflation, but 2023 will increasingly turn a technical decision into a political challenge.
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Environment + Energy
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Abi Gazzard, International Union for the Conservation of Nature; Connor Panter, University of Nottingham; Rosalind Kennerley, International Union for the Conservation of Nature
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Science + Tech
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Georgia May Nester, Curtin University; Louw Claassens, Rhodes University
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