A couple of weeks ago, over 20,000 students in Quebec took to the streets to protest tuition increases and changes to language laws introduced in October, with a lot of them not attending class for the week.  More interesting, the University of McGill and Concordia University each filed suit against the Quebec government to argue… Read more »

I listened to a podcast called Truck Talk by a Navy Seal.  The Navy Seal talked about how not to be a “broke turd,” which I’d been most of my life.  He made a point that stuck with me: have something big we want to buy.  At that moment, I realized that there was nothing… Read more »

A child’s early interactions with their parents and caregivers as well as their surrounding environment is what sets out the starting point for much of the behaviors and actions that eventually end up making a person. That is why there is no time that is more formative or more important than the years of life… Read more »

Nothing is more exciting than knowing what looks great on our loved ones and surprising them with the perfect sweater, swim trunks, and dress slacks!  We can take our loved ones from a ten-out-of-ten fashion look to a gazillion-out-of-ten.  And, wow, do they love it! So, how can we know exactly what will turn our… Read more »

My view is to keep throwing stuff at the wall until something sticks.  That’s a metaphor for finding the way out of poverty and shaping the potential for hitting the jackpot. But, to backtrack, I wanted to let you know that when we set a goal, it can start unraveling at hyper speed. So, I… Read more »

There is no single narrative in the multi-layered history of Canada.  It may be one of the few places where the ideas and actions of individuals can go on to shape larger social changes and where those changes end up getting incorporated into an evolving national identity.  However, the celebration of such individuals is often… Read more »

The polls are now open and you can make your choice among the various candidates on offer.  Of course, student councils always seem a lot harder to choose your votes than normal elections because we don’t have months of coverage, events, and policy debates beforehand.  But for most of us, do we really pay attention… Read more »