A guy walks into a bar… he is handsome, middle age, seemingly bright and well respected with an engaging smile. He compliments everyone around him. He liked my dress and told me I seemed like a smart lady when we were in conversation. He asked what I did and why I do it. A lovely… Read More A Guy Walks into a Bar
When I was in university, I took a course called Theatre Arts 101. What amazed me about the professor was that he knew why. He told us we were there to construct knowledge. He wanted us to experience what it was like to be in the audience. And I don’t mean watching a performance, I… Read More We
Andrea and I exchanged texts last week. They seemed a little frantic in nature. I was mostly frantic. I had been reading everything in site. If it passed by me on Twitter, if I was tagged, Facebook, Reuters, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, MacLean’s… all of it. Nothing settled me. The news baffled me and… Read More Thinking About the Thinking We’re Not Thinking About
You must know your own story… I was 6 when I decided to become a teacher. I had a class, and chalk and stuffed animals in the basement. I played school endlessly. I may have drifted back and forth deciding on this path and that path but my mother and my father were not surprised… Read More Story Yourself
We are two white women of privilege and settlers to this land. We are taking on the work of truth and reconciliation because we believe that it is time to decolonize our thoughts and actions. In conversation with of Colinda Clyne, an Anishinaabe Algonquin (Kitigan Zibi) guest to Mississauga territory, we are again telling a… Read More The Journey from Head to Heart
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