A Bonanza of Representation
Last year I caught, quite by accident, a truly unique episode of Bonanza. The second longest-running television western (Gunsmoke being the longest) was on-air from 1959 to 1973.
Last year I caught, quite by accident, a truly unique episode of Bonanza. The second longest-running television western (Gunsmoke being the longest) was on-air from 1959 to 1973.
Editor’s note: B While Terry is on his summer hiatus, we decided to look back on his nearly thirty years of writing about and for...
Editor’s note: Terry Watada is on summer break and will return in October. In the interim, we thought we’d publish some “classic” columns by...
Intergenerational trauma is real and alive in communities deeply affected by residential schools. You can’t attempt cultural genocide for 140 years, for seven generations...
“I’m here at the Academy Awards, otherwise known as the White People’s Choice Awards!” – Chris Rock, February 2016 Chris Rock’s witty and quotable...
Now where was I? Oh yes, I was about to reveal some surprising facts: surprising to me that is. First off, let me apologize...
It was 1980-something when Lane Nishikawa, playwright and actor, came to Toronto to stage his one-man play, Life in the Fast Lane. I can’t...
Poverty is the scourge of nations. Its prevalence causes blight, increased welfare and health costs, homelessness, and untimely death. Perhaps its worst effect is...
I thought I’d start 2016 with some surprising facts, at least surprising to me. Did you know Nobu McCarthy was Canadian? I know, who’s...
Matsujiro Watada, my father, died in 1987 at the age of 81. He was a rugged man; his body was sculpted by his years...
We all observe customs and traditions no matter our background. They define us, they link us together, they identify us. Pity the individual who...
When parents are lost, they tend to fall into myth; that is, you as their child idealize them. So it was I wanted to...