We are Canadian. We live on stolen land. How should we celebrate that? We have lived lies, unknowingly or otherwise, following blindly in the firm footsteps of our forefathers. By default, we absorbed their secrets and sins. We have uprooted families, taken their young, and forced them onto bleak lands without resources as essential as […]

Again, today, I fell into my morning routine. We all do.    Routines: we have them, no matter how strict or subliminal they end up.    Mornings we bathe, dress, eat breakfast (alone or before anyone else is awake), check the news feed or your bank account on your ever-present mobile device, and then set […]

Gratitude flows two ways. It must. For gratitude to be gratitude, it has to be given, as it is accepted; free of conditions; without demand; without expectations. As an exchange, there needs be, at its most crucial point, equality. Both the giver and the receiver should, even if only for a moment, bask in the […]