Explaining harm to straight, cis people
Being gay is just as healthy and normal as being straight.1 But amongst some subcultures in America, it’s commonplace to…
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Assessing harm should be an empirical question
There is widespread agreement in the psychological sciences that homosexuality is normal and healthy. So the question is, how do…
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What’s in your novel drawer?
I have a new manuscript on submission this week. (Hold me.) I won’t get into that except to say that…
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Nepal Earthquake Fundraiser
‘After Shock’ Drum Workshop: Community Call and Response When: 2 – 4pm on Sunday, May 17th Where: Bert Richman Building…
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Calling homosexuality a sinful choice is textbook bigotry
When Mary Elizabeth Williams wrote that the “Michigan anti-equality campaign is the last gasp of desperate bigotry” I felt reassured….
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West Short Youth Triathlon race results, 2015
OverallResults 6-7 (PDF) OverallResults 8-9 (PDF) OverallResults 10-11 (PDF) OverallResults 12-13 (PDF) OverallResults 14-17 (PDF)… Source
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If you knew Zsuzsi
I was fortunate in getting the right advice at the right time–from the right person–with Save Me, Kurt Cobain. I…
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Working argument for the Harm Hypothesis
A pastor from an Alliance Church in Alberta has recently been in touch with me to declare his disagreement with…
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In 1974, homosexuality was removed from the list of mental health disorders
In 1974, the American Psychiatric Association voted to remove homosexuality from its list of mental health disorders. This inflamed many…
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A beautiful thing fell from the sky
I have wanted in some way to preserve the memory of this beautiful thing I found, by chance, a year…
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Nick Acheson’s Big Cat Quest
Nick Acheson is spending 2015 in pursuit of all the big cats in the world. He calls this monumental project…
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Yours sincerely yours
One of the last great club shows I remember seeing before I had children was The Weakerthans and The Constantines…
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How to take a photo of an arctic wolf – in Canoe Roots Magazine
Recently, Kaydi Pyette, the intrepid editor of Canoe Roots magazine was surfing around my website and encountered my “Recipe for…
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You’re Not Supposed To Succeed Every Time
If you succeeded every time, be it in practice or competition, you would have to start asking yourself whether the…
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I have a cover!
Exciting news! I now have a cover for Save Me, Kurt Cobain. It’s pretty amazing, as you can see by…
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What is Connect the Docs?
Connect the Docs is an innovative multi-city hybrid cinema distribution format, combining the best of both live and online engagement…
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Connect the Docs: The Secret Trial 5 across Canada: Vancouver & Victoria March 25, 2015
POST-SCRIPT: Read the 2-part Storify archive of this event! Part 1: the Cross Canada Tour March 12-25 Part 2: the…
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Raincoast Conservation Foundation
Raincoast is a team of conservationists and scientists empowered by our research to protect the lands, waters and wildlife of…
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Wild Ones Live: Nature Needs People
Jon Mooallem is the author of Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuraing Story About Looking at People Looking at…
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Bears, Salmon and Drama at Alaska’s Anan Creek
Anan Creek in southeast Alaska is one of those special places where people can get amazing views of bears feasting…
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New Website
We’ve launched our new website. We’ll be adding to it and using it as a resource to engage with our…
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Confidence
Confidence is either deeply rooted or superficial and fragile. Superficial confidence depends on daily external feedback for validation. The source…
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Special Event on Election Fraud: January 28, 2015
POST SCRIPT: This successful event tripled our previous live and online reach! We sold out tickets at the Victoria Event…
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Jason Adams on recycling, reFUSE and food waste
As soon as we started planning our Nov 19 screening of JUST EAT IT in Victoria, Sidney and SaltSpring Island,…
