Reporter with @MissiNewsRoom & @BmptGuardian. Author of Invisible North and Up Ghost River; creative writing instructor at @UofTSCS
Toronto
Joined September 2009
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'Disgusted': a student, teacher and parents weigh in on Peel District School Board's missing library books
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Sheridan College seeking public input to improve international student experience. bramptonguardian.com/news/sh…
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Full results of Brampton wards 2 & 6 as of 9.17 p.m. With 64 % of votes counted #Bramptonvotes
With 63.4 % of the vote counted, Navjit Kaur Brar is the clear front runner in Brampton's wards two and six. She has 27 %; nearest contender is Jermaine Chambers with 22.7 %. #bramptonvotes
What would you do with a cool $100,000: Mississauga mother of two wins big at the lottery: mississauga.com/news-story/1…
New radar technology used to search for Indigenous graves: northbaynipissing.com/news-s…
"Child dumped down well": Indigenous families seek answers, as investigation under way into Mohawk Institute: toronto.com/news/child-dumpe…
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I was asked what I thought about @PierrePoilievre on @CFRAOttawa this morning. Here’s what I said. #cdnpoli #cpc #lpc #ndp
Elder Andrew Reuben: Cree is the foundation of renewal: broadview.org/andrew-reuben-…
In defence of queer parenting: todaysparent.com/blogs/opini…
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Starting to think it's a bad idea for Canada to be three corporations in a trench coat
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On Friday, photojournalist Amber Bracken was arrested by the RCMP while on assignment for @thenarwhalca on Wet’suwet’en territory. As of Sunday, Amber is being held in a jail cell in Prince George along with filmmaker Michael Toledano. Sign this petition: protectpressfreedom.good.do/…
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I just learned that it’s Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day. Here is an essay I wrote about miscarrying during the pandemic. thecut.com/2020/05/for-two-m… – at Prince Edward County, Ontario
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Several gay Afghans told Insider how they live in fear of their life after the Taliban's victory.
Under the previous Taliban rule, the militant group executed gay men.
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ALT Image shows Najib Faizi, 21, who describes himself as the first drag queen of Afghan descent. The headline text overlaid reads: “Meet Afghanistan’s secret gay community: How gay Afghan men fear that the Taliban will execute them at any moment.”
The 2021 Pandemic Survival Guide (aka online feature writing course). Wed evenings. Taught by Yours Truly. Starts 3 Feb. Sign up here: bit.ly/3iSPb0H More deets see below.
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