[ISL] Five #islands links: Shoal Lake 40, Martha's Vineyard, Fogo, Ramea, Barbados

[rfmcdonald]

• Maclean's reports on how, a century after Shoal Lake 40 First Nation was made an island to provide drinking water for Winnipeg, it finally was connected to the mainland by a road.


• CityLab reports on how the pressures of the tourist season make it difficult for many permanent residents of Martha's Vineyard to maintain homes.


• Fogo Island, Newfoundland, recently celebrated its first Pride Walk. CBC reports.


• Yvette D'Entremont writes at the Toronto Star about how the diaspora of the Newfoundland fishing island of Ramea have gathered together for regular reunions.


• J.M. Opal writes at The Conversation about the origins of white Anglo-American racism in 17th century Barbados.