Category Archives: ethical living
Wawatay News – Celebrating beaver’s history at Mattagami
Wawatay News published out of Thunder Bay is one of the biggest Aboriginal weekly newspapers in the country — and this week, they published my story on trapping beaver with Leonard and Larry Naveau for Mattagami First Nation’s annual Beaver … Continue reading
Filed under Aboriginal, ethical living, travel
Shane Belcourt’s Toronto on blogTO
Ever struggle with coming out of your parent’s shadows? Try having a father who is one of the most famous Aboriginal activists and thinkers in Canada. But filmmaker and musician Shane Belcourt has done better than most. Find out how … Continue reading
Filed under Aboriginal, ethical living, family, people, Toronto
Girl Guides of Canada on its deathbed and it’s killing me inside
When I heard the news that the Girl Guides of Canada have lost 40 percent of their members in the last ten years, I felt kind of sad. It’s slightly hypocritical of me to mourn the death of this 100-year-old … Continue reading
Filed under cheap fun, ethical living
Best winter purchase ever.
It’s minus 13 in Toronto and I left my house before light, cycling about 15 minutes to the radio show where I volunteer. The face-slapping chill provided a caffeine-free wake-up call but the rest of me was warm and toasty. … Continue reading
Filed under ethical living, green living, thrifty, Toronto, urban cycling
Indians in Toronto
Here’s a shameless plug for a blog post I just wrote on The Walrus. Inspired by Kent Monkman’s Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: a Portrait in the May issue of the magazine, I set out to discover how far Canada has … Continue reading
Filed under ethical living, Toronto
