People
Timmy Boy!
After reuniting with Tim in Vancouver in 2016 after a decade of not seeing each other, I thought I’d had to wait another decade to see him again. Apparently not, after ‘floating’, as Tim would put it, the idea of Read more…
Short Stories
A White Crown Vic
You were in the bedroom cleaning out some of your late husband’s clothes into old brown cardboard boxes ready to donate them to the Salvation Army. Though he was killed in action in the Gulf War over two decades ago Read more…
China
Macau Canidrome
Asia’s last remaining greyhound racing track closed in June of 2018, so I decided to pay it a visit just before it closed. Greyhound racing has a significantly lower profit than horse racing, a brief glance at the information board Read more…
Articles
Technology and humanitarian work
At a job application, I was asked what I thought about the role of technology in humanitarian work, here is my answer: Like any other field, technology is the new reality when it comes to improving effectiveness and outcomes. Smaller Read more…
VSP
Some…
Some call it beer, I call it inspiration. After a long hard weekend of work and fun I’m finally breaking out a Molson’s and feeling very inspired. Yesterday, I drove all the way to Squamish to admire the beautiful show-topped Read more…
Experiences
SONIC
SONIC claims to be “America’s Drive-in”, and rightly so. With over 3000 stores around the country SONIC is America’s only remaining large scale drive-in restaurant with car hops. During the interwar period, drive-ins were a popular style of restaurant because Read more…
Curriculum Vitae
Media Portfolio
Managing Editor, Architectural Conservancy Ontario’s Acorn Magazine The Heritage of Healthcare. Spring 2021 (Print)Stories of our Waters. Fall 2021 (Print) Reporter, Capital Current The 25th Hour: Heritage and SustainabilityScripted, interviewed, and shot the mini-documentary with Jennifer Osborne.https://capitalcurrent.ca/the-25th-hour-heritage-and-sustainability/ The 25th Hour: Read more…
France
Eiffel Tower
This iconic attraction in Paris is a real cash cow for the French tourism industry. It has been the subject of many controversies, scientific experiments, and postcards. Constructed for the 1898 World’s Fair it was supposed to be taken down Read more…
France
Louvre Museum
Among stolen historic gems such as Nike of Semothrace, the Mona Lisa, and Assyrian sculptures from Pergamon, is free entry for anyone under the age of 18. I visited three days before by 18th birthday to take advantage of state-funded Read more…
Experiences
50cc Scooters to Poland
Chen, a friend I met while engaged in a German language course, and I both loved riding on two wheels. We were both staying in Berlin for a while so we thought it’d be a good idea to get a Read more…