The offices at Shift Media are rarely silent. Phones ring constantly and lively conversations buzz along, meshing with hypnotic bass-heavy electronic music pouring out of computer speakers. Located on the second floor of a downtown Toronto art deco building, the space looks like a glorified university student’s residence room. The mix of comfortable furniture, young,… Continue reading Sink or Shift
Category: Spring 2000
Slumming with Rebecca Eckler
Rebecca Eckler sits on cold, grungy steps outside the Chicago Main Greyhound Bus Station between two scruffy-looking men. It’s 12:45 a.m. and I’m just arriving, joining her for the last 2,238 km of her bus adventure, which started in Whitehorse three days ago and will end in Miami three days from now. Looking up, with… Continue reading Slumming with Rebecca Eckler
600 Is Too Many
In a small village in southern China, in the province of Fujian, a fruit seller is unable to face another winter without enough produce to make a living. It is the summer of 1999, and a group of men, human smugglers, show up in the village. They are driving cars and making promises. For a… Continue reading 600 Is Too Many
Two Sides of the Same Coin
Everybody is thinking about money. Those of us building our financial futures want and need to know more about the little money we have. Those with more money want to make sure it’s doing something for us. The growing number of columns in our papers, information on the Internet and magazines dealing with money matters… Continue reading Two Sides of the Same Coin
The Last of the Big Shots
Scowling portraits of premiers past glower at the members of the Queen’s Park press corps as they saunter down from their comfortable offices to the scrum area at the Ontario legislature. On arrival, the seven cameramen and 16 reporters are hit with huge news: a tax break for the province’s two pro hockey teams. The… Continue reading The Last of the Big Shots