I heard that Trump won the election the night I was at a sleep study. The technician woke me up and told me and I had this terrible sinking feeling right through my body. For days I was upset, walking around in a daze. And then I told myself, “Look, you’re Canadian, alhamdu lillah. This […]

I’ve decided to go a bit more high tech and there’s going to be a learning curve involved. This is a vlog post I did about tips on speaking to audiences, creating content that really appeals emotionally to your audience.   This is going to be a resource series. If you find it useful please […]

That terrorist attacks have become less shocking recently? When I heard about the Berlin Christmas market attack on Monday, the first thing I thought was ‘Oh no!’, the second think I thought was ironically, it had been a while. Like it was almost expected one would come. And the third thing I wondered was how […]

Hi Everyone! I’m developing my youtube channel and I just put up a new video book talk of my very first book Bedtime Ba-a-a-lk. I want to make it an excellent resource for teachers and educators to use. I hope you enjoy it! Please like and share.

for perspective! I think I mentioned how I feel like I’m going through a real learning phase! Visited a school recently where I spoke to grade sixes about growing up in Dundas and afterward a lady came up to me. She asked which school I went to and I told her Dundana and she she […]

With any human interaction there is bound to be friction. Meeting new people and dealing with them, not knowing exactly what their motivations are or where they’re coming from can be difficult. And when they treat you with disdain, it’s very easy to over react. And it’s so easy to attribute the harshest motivations to […]

I just got back from Atlanta, Georgia having presented two sessions at the National Council of Teachers of English convention. My goodness what an exciting trip it was! But it took its toll, because I am sick, sick, sick! I’d been through Atlanta’s airport on the way to other places, but this was the first […]

I just received a very special book in the mail! A year and a half ago, when I was conducting workshops at Fairview Public Library, a young girl came in my writing workshop and submitted her work in progress a novel called My Demon’s Name is ED. ED stands for ‘eating disorder’. She had been […]