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.
The Ballroom and the Garden
A ballroom rises where a garden once grew. An altered map erases borders beneath an American flag. Yet beyond the spectacle of power, roots deepen, workers organize, neighbours bring water and birds continue their ancient migration across the continent.
Which Freedoms Are Americans Learning to Live Without?
Freedom rarely disappears all at once. As detention expands, independent officials are removed and court orders are increasingly resisted, which freedoms are Americans learning to live without?
We Are Waiting for Americans to Say No
This is Not the Conservatism I Knew
During the ice storm of 1998, my family waited 21 days for electricity to return. What I remember most, however, is how neighbours cared for one another—and what that experience taught me about the conservatism I once knew.
Can Canada Still Have a Conversation?
What began as an essay about dairy farming became a window into how Canadians speak across political divides. Sovereignty protects more than our borders. It protects our right to disagree and still decide our future together.
This is not Just About Milk
Trump keeps repeating that Canada charges American dairy farmers tariffs of 250 or 300 per cent. What he leaves out reveals a much larger struggle over Canadian farms, food standards and sovereignty.
When Québec Puts Its Elbows Up
Québec has spent generations protecting its language, culture and way of life. Now, as Canada confronts economic pressure from the United States, that history is helping Québec recognize why Canadian sovereignty must also be defended.