I can’t help but smile and cheer when I watch YouTube clips of one of my favorite singers, Lizzo. Lizzo stays true to herself and feels no need to hide her body because it may not be fit within society’s narrow ideals. I have written about the importance of pulling apart dominant body ideals. By […]
February 22, 2018 Atlantic Ocean 41° 52′ 13.8″ N, 63° 23′ 25.8″ W I’m 300 km off the coast of Nova Scotia on a 12 m sailboat and have thrown up four times in two hours. It’s a new personal record. On top of the seasickness, the weather is chilly and everything (and everyone) on […]
International law does not often make headlines in Canada, but I think it should. Increasingly, international human rights law is informing litigation in an attempt to address personal, local, national, and global challenges. After living and working without immigration status in Canada for seven years, a woman becomes seriously ill, cannot pay for all of […]
Resilient people have always been inspiring to me. Real stories of triumph in the face of disease, discomfort, or distress also allow us to center ourselves. They may allow us to sympathize and empathize, but they also shine a light on what we have to be grateful for. My personal experiences with trauma have led […]
As the midpoint of the United Nations Decade for People of African Descent, 2020 offers engaged citizens a useful inflection point to assess progress on key policy concerns for communities of African descent across Canada. Despite the Government of Canada’s early reluctance to acknowledge the Decade, and the belated acknowledgement by federal and provincial leaders […]