Canadian-Iranian blogger facing execution

If you haven’t heard of Hossein Derakhshan, the first thing I should tell you is that we need to save his life. Derakhshan, also known as “Hoder” and the “blogfather” is a Toronto-based blogger… Read More →

Eco expert Candis Callison from MIT to lecture at Green College

My thesis supervisor is really smart. No, like, really smart. Not to mention down-to-earth, incisive and articulate. Her name is Candis Callison and on Oct. 7th she’s going to make Green College a little more green-minded… Read More →

Measuring my life in tomatoes

Let’s see if I can get this blog post done in the span of one tomato. (It’ll make sense soon . . . stay with me on this one.) Quick background: I’m part… Read More →

Deviled Eggs

I remembered the following incident after listening to a podcast called Devil on my Shoulder. The episode was about people who say they found themselves “inexplicably doing something random and bad, something which… Read More →

Dr. Peter’s Diary: “I am a doctor, but I’m also a patient.”

Twenty years ago, a handsome young physician looked into a camera and spoke words he was not sure all Canadians were ready to hear. “We’re going to be approaching this from a different… Read More →

Quest toward a new kind of university

I’m not going to lie, I originally signed up for an autumn weekend in Squamish, B.C. because, well … have you ever seen  pictures of Squamish, B.C.? It’s I-must-be-hallucinating stunning out there. But… Read More →