Archive for the ‘ Portfolio ’ Category
By Craille Maguire Gillies Published in the October 2011 issue of The Walrus Library-quiet, fluorescent lit and immaculate, Mirko Betti’s lab at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, looks like the kind of place a chef — in particular, a molecular gastronomist — would love. Instead of stoves and chopping blocks, a gas chromatography machine [ READ MORE ]
Urban Sound Ecology is mapping the city one digital recording at a time By Craille Maguire Gillies Published April 7, 2011 on Toronto Standard Leaving behind the whir and din of a JJ Bean coffee shop on a desolate, industrial street in East Vancouver, Max Ritts and I walked to the corner of a quiet, [ READ MORE ]
If you are from Canada, then you know all about Mounties. If you are not, well, welcome to Canada, where the national police force rides horses and knows how to pull off a red serge suit and always get their man, if not grammar. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or RCMP, is as Canadian as, [ READ MORE ]
When I was editor of the online business magazine Unlimited, we wanted to do a gift guide in our December 2009 issue. The catch: it had to be relevant for our gen Y business audience. The other catch: it couldn’t be your usual list of throwaway products — it had to have advice and ideas, along [ READ MORE ]
Director David Cronenberg and composer Howard Shore talk about their friendship, their new film with Viggo Mortensen and more. By Craille Maguire Gillies Published in the September 2007 issue of enRoute Since first meeting in Toronto as teenagers, director David Cronenberg and composer Howard Shore – a three-time Oscar winner for his work on The [ READ MORE ]
Unlimited goes west for random conversations with Gen Yers about their work. Online multimedia series published in September and October on UnlimitedMagazine.com[ READ MORE ]
This is an expanded version of a piece that was originally published in enRoute, October 2007 By Craille Maguire Gillies Something is staring at me in the warm salty water, its wide-set eyes dumb and blank and yet scrutinizing. He hovers there, this striped brown fish the length of a football, swimming not in a [ READ MORE ]
John Huston’s 1964 masterpiece The Night of the Iguana transformed this sleepy part of Mexico into a hot spot. By Lisa Moore Published in the September 2008 issue of enRoute Every inch of the perfect beach is covered with bodies and beach chairs and palm-thatched umbrellas. There are besotted honeymooners, college kids guzzling Coronas and [ READ MORE ]
In South Korea’s Buddhist temples, our busy writer rushes to find nirvana in under a week. By Craille Maguire Gillies Published in the August 2009 issue of enRoute I’m standing before an altar at Jogyesa Temple in downtown Seoul. Three giant Buddhas as shiny as gold coins gaze down at me, while the dharma hall [ READ MORE ]
From west to east, enRoute tees off at above-par golf courses with greens fees starting as low as $22. Fore! By Jim Sutherland & David Zimmer Published in the May 2007 issue of enRoute VANCOUVER ISLAND Not only are courses here open year-round, you’ll also find an embarrassment of superlative affordable courses. In Victoria, spots [ READ MORE ]
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