Feb 213 min read
INFLATION
In the summer of 1998, as a teen, I got my first paying job working at a community centre. I had no education or any work or life...
Jul 21, 202310 min read
RÉSUMÉ
T’wi: You should let me look at your resume. Zah: Haven’t I? T’wi: Well that was a long time ago. Zah: Well, if I recall, you were...
Apr 18, 20238 min read
STRIKE
More than 155,000 public servants under the Public Service Alliance of Canada have set up picket lines across the country. On the service...
Apr 2, 20236 min read
UBER TEACHER
Letter to Blair Épinal, Lorraine, France : ...I’m sure I told you about this outdoor education program I was hired on for. I don’t think...
Mar 11, 20227 min read
'IT'S TIME TO GET BACK TO WORK'
It’s always a mistake to read the news. Reading local news tends to be worse still. I know this and yet I do it anyway. Here’s just one...
Mar 6, 202211 min read
TRAFFICKING
There have been a bunch of human trafficking cases in the news here in Canada in recent weeks and months. As ever, reading all these...
Jan 5, 20191 min read
WRITE?
America's Authors Guild recently collected data from its own membership and the members of 14 other writers' organizations, including:...