Last week, I watched episode 6 of John Krasinki’s YouTube show, Some Good News. It was his graduation episode, and I bawled. It brought me back to the weeks I spent reading the COVID-19 updates from universities across the country….
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I used to believe in Santa Claus. I used to believe there really was a man who lived in the North Pole, who was married to Mrs. Claus, and who wore a red suit all the time. He ate cookies…
Are you proud to be a Canadian? In the weeks since the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America, the news stories coming out of the U.S. have been… alarming, to say the…
I called my brother for the first time in 11 months last week. The last time I phoned him was on his birthday last June. Up until that phone call, I hadn’t talked to him at all since Christmas. Not…
This post was originally written for the Student Leader Collective, a community of student leaders sharing ideas on how to become more awesome, in May 2014. The Student Leader Collective no longer exists, so I am reposting this here. If…
Occasionally I come across a TEDx talk that’s just too good not to share. Keith Edwards’ talk about ending rape is one of those talks. I shared it, but that just didn’t seem like enough, so I’m posting it here,…
I’ve always been a quote person. When I was younger, my favourite quote was one I found in a Lurlene McDaniel novel: “What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.” I’m not sure why 12-year-old me liked it so much,…
Abby Whelan, White House press secretary and former member of Olivia Pope & Associates, is without question my favourite character on the TV show Scandal. She’s strong, knows what she wants, and isn’t afraid to speak up. In the last episode,…
We live in a world full of negativity. Full of pessimism. Full of “you’re doing it wrong,” “let’s think about it this way instead,” and “if you’d just do (insert magic change), you’ll do better.” Think back to the most…
At the beginning of 2014, I considered undertaking a project of independence. The idea was to identify things that were normally done in pairs or groups (think eating at a restaurant, going to a movie, etc.), and do them alone….