LIFE IN THE TIME OF COVID

March 19, 2021 It's hard to believe we've just passed the one year mark since this global pandemic was declared. When this all started,...

January 16, 2021 In December, I began to feel very hopeful. The vaccine was approved and Phase 1 of vaccinations in Ontario began. There...

December 21, 2020 Today I finished teaching a 6 week online mindfulness group to families in another province. The only reason I'm able...

December 20, 2020 Every year, as Christmas approaches I enjoy eating excessive baked goods. December seems to be a time when coworkers...

December 16, 2020 On December 9th, 2020 the first COVID vaccine was approved in Canada. In Toronto, they started administering the first...

November 28, 2020 Just before Thanksgiving a month and a half ago, restrictions tightened. New daily cases were on the rise and...

Oct. 14, 2020 “One day the time will come when we know why we suffer, there will be an end to all this mystery — but meanwhile we must...

October 13, 2020 As of 12:01AM on October 10th, Toronto returned to a modified Stage 2 - a number of businesses are once again closed...

This month I start 4 new positions (2 in Toronto, 1 in Ottawa, and 1 in Calgary). For all 4 jobs I'll primarily be working remotely. I...

A friend recently shared this post with me, which was posted by Dr. Aisha Ahmad on twitter a few weeks ago. Dr. Ahmad is an Associate...

On March 16, just days after COVID had been declared a pandemic, I began working remotely. That day, there were 32 reported cases in...

September 17, 2020 As fall arrives and our kids go back to school, many of us are already thinking ahead to winter and what that might...

September 15, 2020 At the end of June, I wrote a post as we were heading into Phase 2 in Toronto. At that time, I talked about how so...

September 13, 2020 Travelling internally could have many meanings - like The Fantastic Voyage, a dream, the movement of food as it makes...

September 11, 2020 Back in January, I decided I was going to take the month of September off and travel to Europe. I was going to visit...

September 9, 2020 I defended my thesis back in March. At that time, I had to cancel my thesis defence party, due to distancing...

August 9, 2020 Now we're in Phase 3. The government says we can eat in restaurants, go to the movies, work out at the gym, and attend...

July 24, 2020 My partner and I had been musing about the idea of buying a house for the past year or so. But it never seemed like it'd be...

July 21, 2020 Definition Bake means to cook food through the use of some type of dry heat, usually an oven, or to use heat on non-food...

July 9, 2020 We were finally doing it—my partner and I were making a big life change! We were moving to a new city, to a new country. I...