The turning of a year always makes me reflective, not in a resolutions-and-perfection kind of way, but in a quietly, more honest one. The new year doesn’t promise a clean slate. It offers a pause. A breath. A chance to name what we’re longing for and what we’re willing to keep hoping for, even when hope feels costly. This year, my hopes stretch far and wide. Globally, I hope for peace. Real peace. Not the fragile kind built on slogans or ceasefires that simply delay the next

This Christmas, don’t chase the version you remember. Create the one that’s possible. Be the kind of person who adds light to rooms. Protect your joy like it’s something sacred .Give generously, love fiercely, and decorate anyway. Because the magic of Christmas was never lost. It’s waiting, quietly, for you to join it.

Recently, the National Post posed a question that’s becoming increasingly common: Are food banks in Canada being overwhelmed because more people are in need - or because people are taking advantage of them? It’s a question that sounds reasonable on the surface. It’s uncomfortable, but it’s also incomplete.  Because focusing on who  is using food banks distracts from the more important issue… Food banks were never meant to be a permanent pillar of our society. They were inten

We pause my current series (Rules of Civility) to introduce a new series, which will be posted to sporadically. I’ve decided to share letters I’ve written to my local federal MP on issues I care about. I’ve already written many for different reasons, but here’s the one I wrote today: Dear Member of Parliament, I am writing to you as a concerned constituent who is deeply troubled by recent data showing a dramatic and sustained rise in food insecurity across Ontario and Canada.