In this paper, I look over the past 20 years of articles in this journal in light of some potential directions for the future. In particular, I examine the way in which some of the local specificities of a Canadian journal relate to more global issues of educational research; I consider the relation between mathematics, science and technology as reflected in the published articles; and, I look at how different paradigms of research have been represented over time, particularly in relation to the mathematics education articles.