The latest edition of TRENT Magazine is currently making its way to mailboxes (and email boxes) across the country and around the world. This edition features a fascinating piece on the conflicts between ethic minorities and LGBT movements by Trent Professor Momin Rahman. Prof. Rahman’s research is in the area of LGBT citizenship with a particular […]
I just sent my most recent column off to Local Parent Magazine, which reminded me that I hadn’t posted any of my more recent ones of late. The October one is on the front page of the site, so relatively easy to find. I’ve added links to the August/September, June/July, April/May, and February/March pieces below. […]
I chatted with bestselling author Linwood Barclay earlier this autumn as part of my #TrentVoices Literary Series. Our discussion hit on (among a host of other things) Linwood’s early experiences working with Margaret Laurence, the difficulty of writing humour, getting shout-outs from Stephen King, the (not-so) secret Peterborough origins of his crime-story setting of Promise […]
I was left to my own devices with the toddler tonight, so I did what any sane individual would do and threw a square dance for the 23-month-old and her coterie of stuffies. I played guitar, sang, and called the steps, making sure that each plush plaything got its fair share of floor time. I […]
Over the past few years, I’ve watched discourse decay. I’ve seen social activists be labelled racists in quibbles over language or best routes to enabling civil rights. I’ve seen diehard environmentalists get shouted down for critiquing methodology of change. I’ve seen food activists condemned for introducing peer-reviewed science. And when someone doesn’t have the knowledge […]