In a lacklustre hotel in Saskatoon, Jonathan Goldstein stood before a crowd of aspiring young journalists. He fumbled with his notes, adjusted his glasses, and maintained the posture of a skittish squirrel. I should… Read More
This is Inocencia. I’ve never met her before but I just lent her $25 through Kiva (an amazing NGO that I’ve blogged about before.) She’s 54-years-old, is separated, has two kids and owns a small business… Read More
It’s Sunday morning and I haven’t even had a cup of java yet. It’s safe to say that the following idea almost had me convinced I was still asleep and dreaming about impossibilities.… Read More
When our boomer parents decided that we should never feel bad about ourselves, did they do us a disservice? We, the youth of today, have been raised on a steady diet… Read More
The photographs on my wall are beginning to curl at the edges. Some have fallen off the wall completely, leaving only the empty spaces that used to house memories. The pictures that remain… Read More
How a Little NGO named Kiva is Changing the World in a Big Way Serenita Mikaele and I are both 23-year-old females–other than that, we don’t have very much in common. She is… Read More
On Monday I will stand before a group of my peers and attempt to lead a discussion about Indigenous rights in Canada. It’s an issue that is as important as it is complex.… Read More
Favourite Activities: – Embarking on coffee-fuelled writing binges – Following the news & worrying about the fate of humanity – Listening to CBC Radio…compulsively – Watching free movies at the public library -… Read More
For the past few weeks I have been checking my mailbox compulsively. I’ve been imagining a meeting room filled with people and paperwork, and only hoping that my grad school application would be noticed, remembered,… Read More
Dear CBC radio, This morning I woke up in my Rexdale home and, as usual, I tuned into your line-up of early morning programming. I was surprised to hear several stories that literally… Read More
