Minister Lecce, As your government is in the midst of the beginning stages of negotiations with education groups across the province, I implore you to not take your fight to media. I implore you to research and get a thorough understanding the roles and realities of education in Ontario. By taking your fight to the […]
Category Archives: writing
the long goodbye
April 1, 2003, I began my career in education with the Peel Board. My love of public education and being around small humans started sooner than that though. I began volunteering in 1994 when my oldest began kindergarten. I often brought my youngest into the school library and would help out teachers by preparing activities […]
celebrating love
A year ago today, we celebrated your love. You walked into the day together. You embraced each person, bringing us into your love. You are two very unique, very independent, very amazing people. Your love is one. Untitled by R.M. Drake You will be the clouds and i will be the sky. you will be […]
Land acknowledgements
Was listening to a rebroadcast yesterday of Unreserved on CBC. The best description I can find of the show comes from their website: Unreserved is the radio space for Indigenous community, culture, and conversation. Host Rosanna Deerchild takes you straight into Indigenous Canada, from Halifax to Haida Gwaii, from Shamattawa to Ottawa, introducing listeners to the […]
When Giving Is All We Have
I woke up to a newsfeed that left me with no hopeful words. So, here are someone else’s. When Giving Is All We Have – Alberto Rios One river gives its journey to the next. We give because someone gave to us. We give because nobody gave to […]
perfectly imperfect
can I embrace the things the things that make me me can I allow myself to fail to fail at making me me can I forgive the things the things that made me me can I allow myself to accept to accept what makes me me perfectly imperfect
good, strong words
Can we talk about words for a minute? A long minute. This week, I spent time up north doing chores, a bit of swimming and SUPing, but mostly reading and writing. I read Beirut Hellfire Society by Rawi Hage, not in one sitting but pretty darn close. Hage is originally from Beirut, and his novel […]
biographical statement
This weekend, I submitted a short story to a “small magazine with an international reputation” and part of the submission process was to submit a short biographical statement. I was stumped. Honestly, writing a piece, having it critiqued (repeatedly) by my peers and instructors, and editing it (repeatedly) was easier than coming up with a […]
Feedback – it’s not always easy to hear the truth
(photo of work by Mario Pfeifer – artist – exhibition at Power Plant, Toronto) I am happy to report I have survived peer reviews. Barely. Although we were given some guidelines about how to give feedback by our writing instructors, a fellow student did not exactly follow those guidelines. Her feedback on my first submission was […]
start/finish
Life is a cycle, right? Sometimes it’s like laundry – you find you are doing the same thing again and again. There are also life events that start and finish over and over, yet the in between is different. Take school. Over the past 17 years, I’ve had many beginnings and endings regarding schooling and […]
