My journalism work has been published in media outlets such as DailyXtra, The Toronto Star, the Vancouver Sun, various CBC outlets, Shameless magazine, and the Canadian Mental Health Association Magazine.
Vancouver Sun – “BMI modifier for surgeons nothing more than a ‘fat tax'”
August 2, 2019
CBC – “Why weight loss isn’t on my New Year’s resolution list anymore”
January 7, 2019
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/opinion-weight-loss-new-year-resolution-1.4967633
XTRA – “Students at Trinity Western University don’t have to sign its covenant anymore – now what?”
August 30, 2018
XTRA – Vancouver: “BC’s human rights commission is finally coming back and these LGBT experts are looking forward to it”
October 26, 2017
XTRA – Vancouver: “The painful truth about being gay at Canada’s largest Christian university: Trinity Western’s covenant and the queer students it hurts”
April 12, 2017
XTRA – Vancouver: “Universities Canada’s new policy could be bad news for Trinity Western: Can a university respect human rights law while banning gay sex?”
November 21, 2016
XTRA – Vancouver: “After 25 years at Little Sister’s, Janine Fuller now faces her toughest battle”
August 30, 2016
XTRA – Vancouver: “Why this collective is focused on young, non-binary femme artists”
July 22, 2016
XTRA – Vancouver: “Meet two queer women in the Indian music industry”
June 18, 2016
XTRA – Vancouver: “Gay man assaulted on way to vigil for Orlando”
June 16, 2016
http://www.dailyxtra.com/vancouver/news-and-ideas/news/gay-man-assaulted-way-vigil-orlando-195583
XTRA – Vancouver: “Will Jim Deva Plaza be ready for Pride?”
May 20, 2016
http://www.dailyxtra.com/vancouver/news-and-ideas/news/will-jim-deva-plaza-ready-pride-193528
XTRA – Vancouver: “And the winner of Vancouver’s Next Drag Superstar 2016 is…”
February 26, 2016
XTRA – Vancouver: “How trans people could help free the nipple”
February 23, 2016
http://www.dailyxtra.com/canada/news-and-ideas/news/trans-people-help-free-the-nipple-186262
XTRA – Vancouver: “Vancouver’s Next Drag Superster 2016 enters the final stretch”
February 22, 2016
XTRA – Vancouver: “Vancouver’s Next Drag Superstar heats up”
February 16, 2016
XTRA – Vancouver: “On the hunt for Vancouver’s next drag superstar”
February 8, 2016
XTRA – Vancouver: “Trans Vote Canada helps trans people vote Oct 19”
October 16, 2015
XTRA – Vancouver: “Vancouver survey shows less homophobia in sports”
July 3, 2015
XTRA – Vancouver: “Canadian Football League reaches out to LGBT youth to start season”
June 25, 2015
XTRA – Vancouver: “Rainbow Refugee plans dance for lesbian Syrian couple”
June 8, 2015
XTRA – Vancouver: “Edmonton launches Queer History Project to kick off Pride 2015”
June 4, 2015
XTRA – Vancouver: “Canadian Olympians not surprised by homophobia in sports study”
June 1, 2015
XTRA – Vancouver: “Canadian PE classes ‘hotbed of homophobia,’ sports survey finds”
May 11, 2015
XTRA – Vancouver: “Vancouver drag king to represent Canada at Texas drag festival”
April 24, 2015
XTRA – Vancouver: “Foundation of Hope wants to help LGBT refugees”
March 27, 2015
http://dailyxtra.com/vancouver/news/foundation-hope-wants-help-lgbt-refugees-101143
XTRA – Vancouver: “SFU students stage ‘shit-in’ for trans-friendlier washrooms”
February 18, 2015
http://dailyxtra.com/vancouver/news/sfu-students-stage-‘shit-in’-trans-friendlier-washrooms-99327
XTRA – Vancouver: “Crowd marks Trans Day of Remembrance”
November 21, 2014
http://dailyxtra.com/vancouver/news/crowd-marks-trans-day-remembrance
XTRA – Vancouver: “Older lesbians gather for 10th BOLD festival in Vancouver”
September 8, 2014
http://dailyxtra.com/vancouver/news/older-lesbians-gather-10th-bold-festival-in-vancouver
XTRA – Ottawa: “Fiona Noakes’s latest is an anthem for nonconformists”
August 24, 2014
http://dailyxtra.com/ottawa/arts-and-entertainment/music/fiona-noakes’s-latest-anthem-nonconformists
CONVERSATION X – “Flailing Femininity: Fat Women, Food, and Gender”
August 14, 2014
http://conversationx.com/2014/08/14/flailing-femininity-fat-women-food-and-gender-2/
XTRA – Vancouver: “Dyke March stakes cheerful claim to Commercial Drive”
August 2, 2014
http://dailyxtra.com/vancouver/news/dyke-march-stakes-cheerful-claim-commercial-drive
“F is for Femme” – for Through the Lens of Our Bodies, a collaborative photography project exploring our relationship to our bodies.
Fall 2013
http://173.254.28.85/~lensofou/2013/10/31/f-is-for-femme/
XTRA – Ottawa: “Learn to love Monday”
October 7, 2013
http://dailyxtra.com/ottawa/arts-and-entertainment/music/learn-love-monday?market=209
XTRA – Toronto: “London Pride employee honoured with Caring Canadian Award”
August 9, 2013
SHAMELESS MAGAZINE: “Our Bodies, Our Rights: The complexity of reproductive rights goes beyond pro-choice and pro-life, and here’s why”
Fall 2012
Available here.
BLINK MAGAZINE: “Abortion in Rwanda”
Summer 2012
BLINK MAGAZINE: “Meet Aligne: the frontrunner of Rwanda’s plus-size fashion industry”
Summer 2012
BLINK MAGAZINE: “Meet Naleli: a fresh face in Rwandan fashion”
Summer 2012
XTRA- Ottawa: “Matrimonial anomaly: ON STAGE – Capturing quirky side of modern love”
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Print Edition
http://www.xtra.ca/public/Ottawa/Matrimonial_anomaly-11973.aspx
XTRA- Ottawa: “Tradition, meet Canada: Local author explores struggle of gay Middle Eastern immigrants”
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Print Edition
CENTRETOWN NEWS – Arts: “Local author wins award for exploring taboo subject”
Friday, April 6, 2012
http://www.centretownnews.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3156&Itemid=97
CENTRETOWN NEWS – Arts: “Skateboard shop fuses art and creative expression”
Friday, March 22, 2012
http://www.centretownnews.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3079&Itemid=97
CENTRETOWN NEWS – Opinion: “Sneak Attack” – Abortion rights in Canada
Friday, March 9, 2012
http://www.centretownnews.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3022&Itemid=101
CENTRETOWN NEWS – News/Front Page: “Elgin water main woes may lead to law suits”
Friday, February 3, 2012
http://www.centretownnews.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2918&Itemid=127
CENTRETOWN NEWS – News: “Civil liberties group concerned about police body cameras”
Friday, January 20, 2012
http://www.centretownnews.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2868&Itemid=94
XTRA- Ottawa: “Harm-reduction programs threatened”
Thursday, January 19, 2012
http://www.xtra.ca/public/Ottawa/Harmreduction_programs_threatened-11383.aspx
XTRA – Ottawa: “Storytelling for adults”
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Print Edition
XTRA – Ottawa: “Helping prevent the spread of HIV”
Also appeared in the Dec. 8, 2011 print edition of Xtra! on p. 9 as “Preventing the spread of HIV”
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
http://www.xtra.ca/public/Ottawa/Helping_prevent_the_spread_of_HIV-11182.aspx
XTRA – Ottawa: “Telling our life through her words”
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
http://www.xtra.ca/public/Ottawa/Telling_our_life_with_her_words-11126.aspx
THE TORONTO STAR: Global Voices: “Amnesty International Turns 50”
Friday, October 14, 2011
DINE MAGAZINE, 2011
Published in September, 2011.
I served as the Editorial Assistant for this issue.
http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/dinemagazine/dine2011/2011090201/#0
THE TORONTO STAR- Global Voices: “Bixi bike program off to a spinning start”
Friday, August 19, 2011
CHARLATAN – Opinion: “Greeks should consider siblinghood”
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
http://www.charlatan.ca/content/opinions-“greeks”-should-consider-siblinghood
CENTRETOWN NEWS – News/Arts: “Broken Social Scene more “compact” on latest tour”
Friday, December 10, 2010
http://www.centretownnews.ca/arts-news-97/2039-broken-social-scene-more-compact-on-latest-tour.html
CENTRETOWN NEWS – News/Business: “Historic home slated to be eatery”
Friday, November 26, 2010
http://centretownnewsonline.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2004&Itemid=98
CHARLATAN – News: “U-Pass rolls out”
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
http://www.charlatan.ca/content/u-pass-rolls-out
CHARLATAN – News: “Vice-president terminated for breach of contract”
Friday, March 26, 2010
http://www.charlatan.ca/content/vice-president-terminated-breach-contract
CHARLATAN – Q&A with GSA President Kimalee Phillip
Friday, April 3, 2009