I struggle with the fact that society expects two things from me, professionally. First, to give away for free the fruits of my labour, like news stories, music performances and event hosting, while, second, paying out-of-pocket for the fruits of
It feels disorienting to hear friends talk about how tough things are, while the news celebrates record highs in the stock market. How can both be true?
ᑖᓂᓯ ᓂᐚᐦᑰᒫᑲᓇᐠ ᐁᑿ ᓂᑑᑌᒼᑎᐠ᙮ tânisi niwâhkômâkanak êkwa nitôtêmtik, Hello my relatives and friends, I am Eden Fineday, a Cree woman from the Sweetgrass First Nation in Saskatchewan, and Publisher of IndigiNews. I was born on Sweetgrass and raised on
I try to be a good example to people in my life. I often fail miserably, but I do try. Last week, I returned to work after major surgery. (I was blown away by the well-wishes; thank you!) You’d
Two days away from a major surgery, I’ve been thinking a lot about advocacy. It’s common advice to those who are dealing with our wonderful yet flawed healthcare system to be their own advocates or to bring someone who can
Good morning and happy Monday. I hope you were able to relish your weekend, unlike this slippery nightmare for some folks in Pennsylvania. As someone who once ran a hot-dog-related story on the front page of her major daily newspaper, I fully endorse this
Good morning, and happy Monday. I hope your weekend was both embarrassment and crime-free, unlike the folks in this New Zealand town, whose underwear (and other clothing items) are systemically being pilfered by a crime-loving feline named Leonardo da Pinchy.
I was reading a story on the MotherCorp about a facial expression called The Gen-Z Stare. To be fair, it’s more of a lack of facial expression, and it’s one I’ve seen on my Gen-Z kid’s face at least 100,000
We hope your weekend was lucky, except not in the way this kid said he was lucky after being hit by lightning in New York.
A few weeks ago, we beta-launched the Future of Good Community Hub, a members-only space to connect, learn, and collaborate in real-time.
As he walked across the stage with a goofy cap on his head and a goofier smile on his face, I screamed, ‘THAT’S MY ANDY!’
The principal was annoyed. The graphic design teacher, well, I can only describe him as incensed. In a meeting with her, three teachers told my daughter all the reasons why she was “wrong.”
Community bonds are one of my favourite things in sustainable finance, and I get a ton of questions about them, so let’s break it down.
Every Manitoba ECE will now make more than the current provincial estimated living wage. That even includes CCAs, or those who are uncertified but working in daycares.
A change in government always means a change in relationships. But it remains to be seen what this means for advocacy efforts for the non-profit sector.
In all that time, Andy and I have never gone on a vacation where I wasn’t working (!) or where we didn’t see family. We couldn’t afford it.
But Canadians’ anxiety levels are ratcheting up and are expected to do so again today after U.S. President Donald Trump announces new tariffs against… probably everyone, who knows.
This prompted a coworker to send me a message: “Red lipstick, the cat, you look like a villain I’d follow into battle!!!!!!”
Her words made my brain light up. I’m pretty sure I even manifested a light bulb above my head.
I share a 720 sq. ft. house with three cats, two people, one dog and one robot vacuum, lovingly named Alfred (yes, after Batman’s butler.)
Good morning and happy Monday! I hope your weekend was chill, like these dolphins, who apparently chew on puffer fish to zone out.
Good morning. I hate to start your Monday off with difficult news, but it’s news we already knew. Unfortunately, it now has numbers attached. A whistleblower went to the New York Times, and Sunday evening, they shared hard numbers attached
OK, PR people (and people who are being strong-armed into being a PR person because your organization is woefully underfunded,) listen up. The next PR person who sends me a press release that unironically begins with “It’s that time of
The most common question I get as a journalist is overwhelmingly, “How do I get the media to do a story on (insert event, noun, issue here)?” That’s a simple question with a very long answer. A few weeks ago,
OK, so who spent the weekend doomscrolling the on-off U.S. tariffs and the impacts of an immediate and unexpected freeze of USAID? What a ride.
It feels hopeless sometimes, and I think as leaders, as changemakers, the biggest thing we can do is take care of ourselves.
I’ve been pondering an eloquent way to articulate how many of us feel this morning. Then I realized there is no nice way to describe fear.
Welcome to 2025. Are you having anxiety dreams yet? I know I am.
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Just before I sent out this newsletter, we once again got breaking news. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, just hours before she was to give the fall economic update.
I am back in Montreal after six weeks of fieldwork in Senegal, Ivory Coast, and Ghana. I shared my insights from the two Francophone countries in my previous newsletters.
Have you ever tried to push a wheelchair through the snow on a crumbling sidewalk, even if it’s shovelled? Yeah, it’s tricky.
If you read my last dispatch, you’d know I was heading to Ivory Coast after spending two weeks in Senegal. I am currently in Kumasi, Ghana. But before I tell you about my trip to Ghana, I want to share
Over the past weeks, users have abandoned Twitter—er, X, whatever—in droves for the “new” microblogging social media site Bluesky. It’s been dubbed the Great X-odous.
As I write this, it’s drizzling outside while a few clicks away in any given direction, there’s snow on the ground. We are a prairie snow donut. A snownut!
There are two reports that have been released in the past two days about the mental health of Canadians, and I can personally confirm most of it. The Canadian Mental Health Association’s report called The State of Mental Health in Canada
So I wanted to pass on that ray of light to others, like myself, who are dealing with loss and uncertainty as we approach winter in Canada.
Senegalese fishermen are being pushed increasingly inwards to the mangrove areas as space becomes restricted in the sea, creating conflict with those who want to protect the forest.
Perhaps it is fitting that the clarity we need to answer this question comes from a man who held this tension in his work and life—the late Honorable Murray Sinclair.
