It’s Monday, which means it’s almost Tuesday and my brain is coming up empty when I try to write my blog. I tell myself that I should not...

I’m in withdrawal. I didn’t know that writing was addictive, but now there is no doubt. After spending the last nearly five weeks writing...

The inquiry is finally complete on Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Girls and Women, it’s pride month, abortions are being banned...

To kick off pride week, my choir had its annual spring concert. This year was extra special in that it marked 20 years since the Rainbow...

Sometimes the words fall. They don’t flow out, not in nice neat patterns. They don’t emerge on the page, polished, profound. Sometimes...

‘No’ is such an interesting word. It is one of the first words that children learn, and they are drawn to its power. It is even one of...

When anxiety grips you, does it grab you by the neck so that every breath just barely manages to escape around the lump of perceived...

The library is the temple of learning, and learning has liberated more people than all the wars in history. - Carl T. Rowan Over the past...

I am not an expert on gender expression. I think I can explain most of the common terms and maybe have had more gender diverse people in...

I don’t like to be surprised. You won’t find me in a haunted house, playing with a jack-in-the-box or watching a suspenseful movie. I...

I loved my grade two teacher. Estelle was a comforting, stable person, she was a voice of reason and a pair of strong arms in the chaos...

Angela hates the dark. Not the plain old dark that you get when you turn out the lights. That dark is ok, even fun sometimes to slink...

If you’re in the LGBTQ+ community in Canada, you can get married, or you can undergo conversion therapy. A therapy designed to cure you...

I’ve been trying for a few days now to write this blog, but every time I try, I end up staring at my computer in tears. I want to write a...

Do you care about literacy? Equality? Human Rights? Sustainability in rural communities? The future of the economy? Education? If any of...

Have you had the experience where you read the headline of an article and it is horrifying and shocking, but then you read the article...

You might be awkward talking with your kids about sex. The idea of sitting down and talking with your children about their changing...

People have often asked me how I come up with the stories that I write. This is always a puzzling question to me. The honest answer is...