Essays
This is where my long-form written work gathers.
These essays grow from lived experience — thirty-three years in classrooms, a childhood spent waiting for a ride to the library, a life built on the belief that curiosity is not a luxury but a necessity. They explore courage, creativity, belonging, and what it means to keep learning in a world that changes faster than our institutions can keep up.
The work unfolds in series. Some essays examine what it costs to live with intention. Others explore what happens when we choose curiosity over fear. All of them are grounded in the particular — a specific moment, a real classroom, a conversation that changed something.
What remains constant is the commitment to honest language and work that earns its place on the page.
That holds the Courage Essays, introduces the Curiosity Essays, and describes your overall sensibility without locking you into any single direction. Future series will fit naturally underneath it.
Does that feel like the right umbrella?
What Leadership Should Do Now (Part 3 of 3)
Critiquing leadership is only the beginning. In this concluding essay, I explore what proactive climate leadership could look like—from restoring climate science and strengthening wildfire prevention to investing in long-term resilience. Ultimately, stewardship is measured not by how well we rebuild after disaster, but by what we choose to protect before it arrives.
Whose Job Is This (Part 2 of 3)
As wildfires grow more frequent and more destructive, Canadians are asking who should be responsible for preparing the country. In Part 2 of this series, I examine the roles of provincial governments, Ottawa and our political leaders—and why climate resilience must become a central measure of good governance rather than an afterthought.
What Can You Save (Part 1 of 3)
Field Notes | Building a Nation, Protecting a Future
Canada stands at a crossroads. As we invest in defence, infrastructure, and economic resilience, are we also preserving the scientific knowledge and natural systems that future generations will depend upon? This Field Note reflects on stewardship, climate, and the difficult balance between responding to today’s crises and protecting tomorrow’s world.
How I Learned to Ride the Machine
My sister asked me once whether I had written something myself. It stopped me. The ideas were mine. The experience was mine. But something else had helped me find the shape of it.
I’ve been thinking about that moment ever since. This essay is where I landed.
The Ecosystem of a Life
Grief, Aging & Mortality: How We Walk Each Other Home
Home, Land, and the Discipline of Planning
What We Build Instead
The Language of Division
What’s Safe Anymore?
Why Stories Matter — Art as a Mirror of Who We Are
Freedom Vs. Responsibility
Why We Need to Protect Education, Speech, and Our Own Minds
It all begins with an idea.
Warming Our Hands at Our Own Fire
It all begins with an idea.
The Songs We Sing, Even in the Dark
It all begins with an idea.
Awe Makes Us Free
It all begins with an idea.
Keeping Our Minds Free
The Art of Saying No
