Best Of

A mix of popular and personal favourites. My personal top three are Kiez, Stereotypes, and Shut Up and Say Something. You can also see my most most recommended posts on Medium.

This is the Canada I grew up in: Across the street from my house there was a forest that I could (although wasn’t supposed to) walk through to get to my school, where I had kind teachers who looked out for my well being. I had friends of different backgrounds and origins and we bonded […]

Posted on 1 July 2017 and filed under articles, Best Of, Canada, main

Is valuing diversity controversial?

Posted on 30 January 2017 and filed under articles, Best Of, Canada, main

I’m ignoring the news, but haven’t we always?

Posted on 20 January 2017 and filed under articles, Best Of, main, personal

This is why I don’t think exercising freedom of speech is inherently praiseworthy.

Posted on 24 October 2016 and filed under Best Of, main, values

Here’s a story about being a white guy in Canadian media.

Posted on 21 February 2016 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, Canada, journalism, main, media

Why giving civic space its indigenous name is everything and nothing.

Posted on 14 June 2015 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, main, Prince George

Grief isn’t a zero-sum game.

Posted on 3 April 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, main, nocomments, personal

Amazon is fast and cheap but it doesn’t open on Friday night to help launch a self-published magazine with poetry readings and tea.

Posted on 22 March 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, cities, comments, main, Prince George

Why I’m changing my online profiles to say I live in Lheidli T’enneh, and why you might want to, too.

Posted on 24 February 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, Indigenous, main, Prince George

When an SUV swerved to hit me, I realized riding a bike in a car-dominated culture is an inherantly political act.

Posted on 19 February 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, bikes, cities, comments, design, main

We aren’t conditioned to think of the world in terms of audio, and even if we do it’s expensive and difficult to share it.

Posted on 22 January 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, comments, main, radio

The pieces of writing, radio, and miscellania that I am most proud of in 2013.

Posted on 21 December 2013 and filed under Best Of, big, comments, main

1. Don’t wait for permission. 2. Be interested in something no one else is interested in. 3. Copy people who are better than you.

Posted on 28 October 2013 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, how to, journalism, main

Why I stopped writing at fancy new computers and bought an elementary-school reject.

Posted on 5 October 2013 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, comments, main, technology, writing

Its mascot is a giant wooden lumberjack, the university is frequented by moose, and it just might be the birthplace of the modern beer can. Cashing in on fifteen minutes of fame.

Posted on 24 July 2013 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, comments, main, Prince George