Canada

Word Wednesday - Para what?

14 minute read

As I wrote in an August Word Wednesday Post, I love the Olympic and Paralympic games. I love the way entire countries rise up behind their athletes and how s...

Word Wednesday - New Beginnings

7 minute read

Canada got a new Prime Minister today. Just 16 days after Canadians voted decisively for real change, Justin Trudeau was sworn in as Canada’s 23rd Prime Mini...

Word Wednesday - Election 42 Edition

5 minute read

Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or aren’t Canadian), you will have heard that a general election has been called for October 19th The election per...

Word Wednesday Part IV

5 minute read

So I’m feeling a bit of pressure here. I’m told that the fourth installment of a series should be the best. Many of my geeky friends argue that the fourth St...

Science really does Rock!

9 minute read

As a kid, one of my favourite places to go in Toronto was the Ontario Science Centre. Between the bouncy bridge, the electrostatic ball that made my hair sta...

Remember

7 minute read

Remember   verb ri-ˈmem-bər

Random thoughts on a CFL standard

3 minute read

I know a lot of CFL teams have at least one “football 101” day for women to learn about football.  Today, as I was explaining some of the basics of the game ...