Opinion: World Refugee Day? Not my Problem.
If you don’t know a refugee, or have lived in Canada for a long time, you may feel like World Refugee Day, commemorated on June 20 every year, is not a cause re...
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Opinion: I Broke up With the GTA for DTK
It was November of 2018 when I sent the official break-up text to my realtor in Toronto. After two full months of venturing half-heartedly to the big city for v...
Opinion: Can Unity Destroy Authenticity?
“Well let’s talk it out … Let’s take the opportunity for a frank discussion,” wrote Carl Zehr, former Mayor of Kitchener on the provincial review of our local g...
Editor’s Note: Just Leash Your Damn Dog, Okay?
If you’ve ever driven through the far borderline of Mount Hope — the main stretch being on Moore Ave., in between Union and Wellington in Kitchener — chances ar...
How We Service the Homeless is Still in Favour of Men
This article originally appeared as a Facebook status. We’ve come a long way in Canada in our efforts to end overt and intentional sexism. But we still stru...
Why An Ex-Con Could Be the Best Employee
After serving 10 months in federal prison, Emily O'Brien is encouraging business owners to hire those with criminal records...
A Father’s Plea for Funding
On April 1, 2019 my son’s life will be irrevocably changed.
His name is Jack. He is five-years-old and he has autism. He lives with me, my wife and his little...
Too Bad, So Sad: Saying Goodbye to Open Sesame
I often joke that although Open Sesame — my gallery/shop/event venue, which until Feb. 28 occupied 220 King Street West in Kitchener — wasn’t a registered nonpr...
Breaking Down Eating Disorder Myths
With Eating Disorders Awareness Week in Canada taking place the first week of February, I thought I’d bust some of the prevailing myths surrounding this serious...
Wise Minds: Engaging the Head and the Heart
One of the exercises used in our agency’s Partner Assault Response (PAR) program and in educational programs by the Male Allies, is called “Act Like a Man Box.”...