Long gone are the days of appliances and equipment lasting years. You have fridges that once lasted very long and needed parts replaced. Now the part replacement is the cost of purchasing a new fridge. Creating a lot of waste and unnecessary energy waste. How can we logically justify all that energy wasted to create…

I’ve been trying to explain autistic burnout to my mom. I now avoid using the word autism. I’ve explained to her that things trigger me. The trigger at the gym. The voices, the sounds. This stemming from the doctor’s appointment. I spoke about circling on the roundabout for 30 minutes. How police was called. I…

Reflecting on Quebec’s law around banning religious head coverings feels very hurtful. Not that I am personally impacted, but I understand that Muslim women see this a part of their identity. Forcing them to remove their head coverings is …unjust. I’ve had friends who didn’t wear head coverings – and this was a choice they…

Going to the doctors and struggling to get paper work put together for workers comp has been difficult. There were other things I wanted to go through but I felt rushed with a timer on board and asked to fill out documentation that I’m technically not allowed to complete. This felt going against what is…

Growing up, I had different allergies or sensitivities to things – some to medication, some to food, other times it was chemicals like detergents. A prominent one was dairy. I couldn’t have certain yogurts, otherwise it would result in a stomach ache. We ended up doing an allergy sensitivity test. I’m not really sure how…

Why is it that we talk about women coming so far in the workforce but yet we really haven’t. Are women truly treated the same as their male counterparts? When you see a female CFO with 8 years experience in a company have less perks than a male Finance Director – like a car and…

The Atlantic had an article about gaps in relationships… or rather differences. Reading the comments section, many focused on age being a gap – for some reason this was the only difference they only saw. You can find gaps or differences in relationships on many different levels. This can include: Seeing how Canada can be…

Growing up, I was the only kid amongst my family. My mom was the first to arrive in Canada between her siblings (after her uncle and his family). She had a bit of a support system with her two brothers and her cousins (my aunts and uncles as we would put it in Ukrainian culture).…

Reflecting on life in Ontario – it involved a lot of time up north of Toronto. It’s funny because you say north, but in reality it’s not THAT north. You might be around Barrie which is still below the 49 parallel or Parry Sound and that’s still south of Sudbury. Even getting to Sudbury you…

I’ve reflected on how much my parents influenced my driving with theirs and how they speak behind the wheel. My dad would drive impaired when he’d have a couple of beers. I’ve noticed it while on the highway the car would swerve a certain way. Got kind of uncomfortable. He would also have a drinking…