JOURNALISM

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

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/cynara-geissler-layla-cameron-katrina-molson-calla-evans-bmi-modifier-for-surgeons-nothing-more-than-a-fat-tax

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

https://www.dailyxtra.com/students-at-trinity-western-university-dont-have-to-sign-its-covenant-anymore-now-what-114010

XTRA – Vancouver: “BC’s human rights commission is finally coming back and these LGBT experts are looking forward to it”

October 26, 2017

https://www.dailyxtra.com/bcs-human-rights-commission-is-finally-coming-back-and-these-lgbt-experts-are-looking-forward-to-it-80530

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

https://medium.com/dailyxtra/the-painful-truth-about-being-gay-at-canadas-largest-christian-university-ceb6e845d91

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

http://www.dailyxtra.com/canada/news-and-ideas/news/universities-canada’s-new-policy-bad-news-trinity-western-210547

XTRA – Vancouver: “After 25 years at Little Sister’s, Janine Fuller now faces her toughest battle”

August 30, 2016

http://www.dailyxtra.com/vancouver/news-and-ideas/news/25-years-at-little-sister’s-janine-fuller-now-faces-toughest-battle-205106

XTRA – Vancouver: “Why this collective is focused on young, non-binary femme artists”

July 22, 2016

http://www.dailyxtra.com/vancouver/arts-and-entertainment/collective-focused-young-non-binary-femme-artists-198268

XTRA – Vancouver: “Meet two queer women in the Indian music industry”

June 18, 2016

http://www.dailyxtra.com/world/arts-and-entertainment/meet-two-queer-women-in-the-indian-music-industry-195871

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

http://www.dailyxtra.com/vancouver/arts-and-entertainment/and-the-winner-vancouvers-next-drag-superstar-2016-186643

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

http://www.dailyxtra.com/vancouver/arts-and-entertainment/vancouvers-next-drag-superstar-2016-enters-final-stretch-186250

XTRA – Vancouver: “Vancouver’s Next Drag Superstar heats up”

February 16, 2016

http://www.dailyxtra.com/vancouver/arts-and-entertainment/vancouvers-next-drag-superstar-heats-185724

XTRA – Vancouver: “On the hunt for Vancouver’s next drag superstar”

February 8, 2016

http://www.dailyxtra.com/vancouver/arts-and-entertainment/the-hunt-vancouvers-next-drag-superstar-185139

XTRA – Vancouver: “Trans Vote Canada helps trans people vote Oct 19”

October 16, 2015

http://www.dailyxtra.com/canada/news-and-ideas/news/trans-vote-canada-helps-trans-people-vote-oct-19-178949

XTRA – Vancouver: “Vancouver survey shows less homophobia in sports”

July 3, 2015

http://www.dailyxtra.com/vancouver/news-and-ideas/news/vancouver-survey-shows-less-homophobia-in-sports-110907

XTRA – Vancouver: “Canadian Football League reaches out to LGBT youth to start season”

June 25, 2015

http://www.dailyxtra.com/canada/news-and-ideas/news/canadian-football-league-reaches-lgbt-youth-start-season-110175

XTRA – Vancouver: “Rainbow Refugee plans dance for lesbian Syrian couple”

June 8, 2015

http://www.dailyxtra.com/vancouver/news-and-ideas/news/rainbow-refugee-plans-dance-lesbian-syrian-couple-108465

XTRA – Vancouver: “Edmonton launches Queer History Project to kick off Pride 2015”

June 4, 2015

http://www.dailyxtra.com/canada/news-and-ideas/news/edmonton-launches-queer-history-project-kick-pride-2015-108130

XTRA – Vancouver: “Canadian Olympians not surprised by homophobia in sports study”

June 1, 2015

http://www.dailyxtra.com/canada/news-and-ideas/news/canadian-olympians-surprised-homophobia-in-sports-study-107492

XTRA – Vancouver: “Canadian PE classes ‘hotbed of homophobia,’ sports survey finds”

May 11, 2015

http://www.dailyxtra.com/canada/news-and-ideas/news/canadian-pe-classes-hotbed-homophobia%E2%80%99-sports-survey-finds-105246?m=0sites/all/themes/dailyxtra/images/facebook_big.pngsites/all/themes/dailyxtra/images/dailyxtra_header_logo.png/blogs/the-daily-package/tonga-nun-wsites/all/themes/dailyxtra/images/dailyxtra_header_logo.png

XTRA – Vancouver: “Vancouver drag king to represent Canada at Texas drag festival”

April 24, 2015

http://www.dailyxtra.com/vancouver/arts-and-entertainment/vancouver-drag-king-represent-canada-at-texas-drag-festival-102982?m=0sites/all/themes/dailyxtra/images/facebook_big.pngsites/all/themes/dailyxtra/images/dailyxtra_header_logo.png/blogs/the-daily-package/tonga-nun-wsites/all/themes/dailyxtra/images/dailyxtra_header_logo.png

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

Print

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

Print

http://dailyxtra.com/canada/news/london-pride-employee-honoured-with-caring-canadian-award?market=207

SHAMELESS MAGAZINE: “Our Bodies, Our Rights: The complexity of reproductive rights goes beyond pro-choice and pro-life, and here’s why”

Fall 2012

Print

Available here. 

BLINK MAGAZINE: “Abortion in Rwanda”

Summer 2012

Print

BLINK MAGAZINE: “Meet Aligne: the frontrunner of Rwanda’s plus-size fashion industry”

Summer 2012

Print

BLINK MAGAZINE: “Meet Naleli: a fresh face in Rwandan fashion”

Summer 2012

Print

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

http://www.thestar.com/news/globalvoices/juniorjournalists/article/1069947–global-voices-amnesty-international-turns-50

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

http://www.thestar.com/news/globalvoices/juniorjournalists/article/1042117–bixi-bike-program-off-to-a-spinning-start

CHARLATANOpinion: “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

http://www.charlatan.ca/content/qa-kimalee-phillip

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