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Resources For White Allies Seeking Ways To Combat Racism
I recently posted a video to YouTube about how it’s not enough for white people to not be racist. We…
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10 Tips For Staying Sane During A Global Pandemic
COVID-blues getting you down? No matter how difficult life was to begin with, the current pandemic has, for most of…
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Election? Or Afterthought?
One of the things that frustrated me the most during my run for school board trustee in the recent municipal…
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On My Soap Box: Stop Blaming The Victims
It’s always a little awkward, writing a blog post after a long period of silence. I decided that instead of trying to explain my absence, I would come back with a regular Soap Box feature. About once a week, I would find something that made me feel outraged, and I would vent about it. With…
Stop Equating White Nationalists With Black Lives Matter
This is a message for those who are equating white nationalists with Black Lives Matter. Stop it. Just stop. For you to draw any equivalency whatsoever between the two is disgraceful, disrespectful, and insulting. I really shouldn’t have to explain the difference, but here it is, just in case you really are that stupid. The…
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Running After My Mojo
At some point during the month of January, I realized that I had lost my mojo. The me who had once been excited about lacing up her running shoes and hitting the road, even in the cold weather, had disappeared and been replaced by someone who was always making excuses not to run. It was…
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Mental Health Awareness: Join The Conversation
Mental illness exists in the fabric of every society. It does not know geographic, educational, economic or cultural boundaries. Almost a quarter of deaths among Canadians aged 15 to 24 can be attributed to suicide. And yet people are afraid to talk about it. About half of those who believe they are going through depression…
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The Dangers Of “Wait And See” In The Age Of Trump
So. Donald Trump is now the President of the United States. Very few people thought this would actually happen, including, I would venture to say, Mr. Trump himself. I think most of the world held onto an unrealistic hope, right up until the ninety ninth hour, that something would happen to prevent or delay him…
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Open Letter To Friends Who Voted For Donald Trump
Dear friends who voted for Donald Trump, I’m going to start this letter with a disclaimer: I am not an American. I am a Canadian citizen who voted for Justin Trudeau in the last federal election. That should give you an idea of which way I lean politically. If you were to look up the…
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Transgender Restrooms Are Not Going To Destroy The World
Last night a truly hateful video appeared on my Facebook timeline. It was originally posted by something called “Highways and Hedges Ministries”, and it is a rant about the evils of transgender restrooms. The man in the video makes several sweeping statements about members of the LGBT community. They are perverts. They are sinners. They…
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5 Reasons Why Drug Testing Welfare Applicants Is A Bad Idea
Last year, I wrote web content for a facility called Addiction Rehab Toronto. I was working nights at the time, staying up long after the family had gone to bed, doing research, learning heartbreaking things about addiction and reading gut-wrenching real-life accounts written by addicts and their loved ones. Addiction is one of those subjects…
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Why I Am Not Supporting The Black Dot Campaign
If you’ve spent any amount of time on Facebook over the last few months, you might have seen something called the Black Dot Campaign. The concept is simple: if you see a woman with a black dot in the palm of her hand, she is a victim of ongoing domestic violence and needs to be…
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South Africa: Hope In Times Of Trouble
When I left South Africa in 2000, many people assumed that I was wanting to be part of the “brain drain”: a flood of disillusioned young professionals getting out of a troubled country before it was too late. Although there were undeniable problems plaguing the country, that is not why I left. My reason was…