Story Studies

Allan David Smith-Reeve, Thursday March 27th, 2020 While Conservatives are dreaming about how we might get used to smaller governments, Socialists are dreaming of a re-focussed social safety net for…

Allan David Smith-Reeve, Thursday March 19th, 2020 My dad remembers the Polio epidemic. While it was most virulent between 1949 and ‘54 before the Salk vaccine was developed, there was…

or… Working myself out of a Job Allan David Smith-Reeve, January 2019 When I was first employed in the Poverty Business, an industry that employs tens of thousands of Canadians,…

Allan David Smith-Reeve, January 21, 2020 She wondered “How do we get from where we are to where we want to be?”. We were having breakfast with a friend of…

Allan David Smith-Reeve, July 9, 2019 We’ve had an outbreak of a social dis-ease here in Peterborough. Folks who could be my cousins or yours – are without shelter in…

Allan David Smith-Reeve, Saturday October 13th, 2018 Two moons ago we began living on half our usual income. Essentially it was the two of us living on $250 per week…

Allan David Smith-Reeve, September 10th, 2018 (Location: Three Brothers Falls) I believe in you. Four powerful words. And when they are backed up with tangible expressions of love (such as…

Allan David Smith-Reeve, July 7th, 2018 This week Lynn returned to Bobcaygeon where for 17 years she lived in poverty. It’s been seven years since Lynn left Bobcaygeon with a…