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The Unbearable Lightness of Being a City: Is Edmonton Still in the Midst of an Existential Crisis?
This past weekend, I had the opportunity to visit Yellowknife with my friend Tim Querengesser. Yellowknife was having its annual folk music festival, Folk On the Rocks, and I figured it was as good an opportunity as ever to visit the city. I had been wanting to visit Yellowknife my whole life. Li...
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This past weekend, I had the opportunity to visit Yellowknife with my friend Tim Querengesser. Yellowknife was having its annual folk music festival, Folk On the Rocks, and I figured it was as good an opportunity as ever to visit the city. I had been wanting to visit Yellowknife my whole life. Li...
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Solitude and the City
A couple of weeks ago for the May long weekend, I attempted something I had never done before. I went camping alone. Now, in retrospect, it was a stupid idea. Not the part about being alone for a few days, but rather being alone with a flimsy sleeping bag I bought at Wal-Mart 10 years […]
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A couple of weeks ago for the May long weekend, I attempted something I had never done before. I went camping alone. Now, in retrospect, it was a stupid idea. Not the part about being alone for a few days, but rather being alone with a flimsy sleeping bag I bought at Wal-Mart 10 years […]
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Make Something Lean
So… it’s been a while since I wrote a blog post. February flew by, and March was a time of change. I recently started a new job and I am currently packing for a move at the end of the month. Suffice to say, I’ve been busy. It holds true that Spring is a time of […]
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So… it’s been a while since I wrote a blog post. February flew by, and March was a time of change. I recently started a new job and I am currently packing for a move at the end of the month. Suffice to say, I’ve been busy. It holds true that Spring is a time of […]
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Winter, Mental Health and Urban Design: Social connection and Public Spaces
Last week, I had the privilege to do a talk at the Winter Cities Shake-Up. The conference brought together innovative thinkers from all over the world to discuss ways in which we can make the most out of winter. I thoroughly enjoyed the conference and felt that it validated a lot of my feelings a...
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Last week, I had the privilege to do a talk at the Winter Cities Shake-Up. The conference brought together innovative thinkers from all over the world to discuss ways in which we can make the most out of winter. I thoroughly enjoyed the conference and felt that it validated a lot of my feelings a...
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Please Talk. We Are Listening
It’s Bell Let’s Talk Day tomorrow. Across the country, people will be tweeting #BellLetsTalk in support of mental health. Each tweet raises 5 cents towards funding for mental health research and program development. To date, they have committed over 66 million dollars. Beyond fundraising, the ini...
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It’s Bell Let’s Talk Day tomorrow. Across the country, people will be tweeting #BellLetsTalk in support of mental health. Each tweet raises 5 cents towards funding for mental health research and program development. To date, they have committed over 66 million dollars. Beyond fundraising, the ini...
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#yegsnowfight: We made something, Edmonton.
Last Sunday, I witnessed something magical. It was perhaps the most “Edmonton” experience I’ve had since moving to this city in 2012. In October, I was tweeting back and forth with a (then) stranger about having a snowball fight. I had recently watched the Human Scale documentar...
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Last Sunday, I witnessed something magical. It was perhaps the most “Edmonton” experience I’ve had since moving to this city in 2012. In October, I was tweeting back and forth with a (then) stranger about having a snowball fight. I had recently watched the Human Scale documentar...
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Why I Want Bike Lanes in Edmonton
On Thursday evening, I attended the #yegbikecoalition event at Edmonton’s City Hall. We were lucky to have some fantastic speakers to help launch the event. Scott McKeen regaled us with his memories of biking from Clareview to downtown Edmonton, and accordingly some of his reflections on “sharin...
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On Thursday evening, I attended the #yegbikecoalition event at Edmonton’s City Hall. We were lucky to have some fantastic speakers to help launch the event. Scott McKeen regaled us with his memories of biking from Clareview to downtown Edmonton, and accordingly some of his reflections on “sharin...
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Combating a Toxic Culture in Edmonton: Some Thoughts on Dr. Gabor Mate’s Wisdom
This past Saturday, I had the opportunity to introduce Dr. Gabor Mate’s talk on “growing Edmonton with compassion and social inclusion”. Dr. Mate was in Edmonton to speak as part of the Edmonton Public Library’s Forward Thinking Speaker Series. As I had mentioned in my opening speech, I was...
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This past Saturday, I had the opportunity to introduce Dr. Gabor Mate’s talk on “growing Edmonton with compassion and social inclusion”. Dr. Mate was in Edmonton to speak as part of the Edmonton Public Library’s Forward Thinking Speaker Series. As I had mentioned in my opening speech, I was...
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The Promise of Occupational Therapy
It is Occupational Therapy month in Canada. For occupational therapists, October is a month where we get to explain our widely-misunderstood profession to our colleagues, family, friends, and the occasional stranger who asks us what we do. Since becoming an occupational therapist in 2011, I’ve ex...
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It is Occupational Therapy month in Canada. For occupational therapists, October is a month where we get to explain our widely-misunderstood profession to our colleagues, family, friends, and the occasional stranger who asks us what we do. Since becoming an occupational therapist in 2011, I’ve ex...
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Pop-up Bike Lanes, Poverty, and Progress
I was planning on posting to my blog on a monthly basis, but before I knew it the summer flew by. Between attending weddings, prepping for teaching the fall semester at MacEwan, and working on a few Make Something Edmonton projects I’ve been involved with, it’s proven to be a little difficult to ...
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I was planning on posting to my blog on a monthly basis, but before I knew it the summer flew by. Between attending weddings, prepping for teaching the fall semester at MacEwan, and working on a few Make Something Edmonton projects I’ve been involved with, it’s proven to be a little difficult to ...
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What is community?
What is community? Merriam Webster defines community as : a group of people who live in the same area (such as a city, town, or neighborhood) : a group of people who have the same interests, religion, race, etc. : a group of nations As you can see, the definition isn’t particularly clear. I...
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What is community? Merriam Webster defines community as : a group of people who live in the same area (such as a city, town, or neighborhood) : a group of people who have the same interests, religion, race, etc. : a group of nations As you can see, the definition isn’t particularly clear. I...
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Why Edmonton?
Why Edmonton? That’s a question that lead to the development of Make Something Edmonton – an initiative that I am proud to be a part of as a member of the Activation Board. I plan on sharing my reflections on participating in this amazing movement here on my blog. Why Edmonton? I’ve pondered that...
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Why Edmonton? That’s a question that lead to the development of Make Something Edmonton – an initiative that I am proud to be a part of as a member of the Activation Board. I plan on sharing my reflections on participating in this amazing movement here on my blog. Why Edmonton? I’ve pondered that...
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