Works

SELECTED NEWS STORIES/COLUMNS

• Police, protestors clash at trial over events of August 2021 shelter evictions (The Coast)
• Economic driver or eco-threat? The conundrum of Halifax’s cruise ships (The Coast)
• Halifax’s short-term rental dilemma (The Coast)
• Military facility at Hartlen Point could ruin area for birding, surfing, fishing (The Coast)
• Family calls for overhaul of Royal Jubilee’s psychiatric emergency services and Mental Health Act (Capital Daily)
• ‘It smelled like death’: One year after the heat dome killed billions of marine animals, scientists watch for signs of life (Capital Daily)
• The Peninsula Paradox: Sidney is growing, but losing its young families (Capital Daily)
• What happened to Poole’s Land? (Capital Daily)
• How Langford became the hub of a Canadian soccer players’ union movement (Capital Daily)
• On roots, and which ones to keep (Globe and Mail)
• A 27-kilometre hike for likes (Globe and Mail)
• Like a fish to water: Marcel de Jong’s long road to recovery (CanPL.ca)
• For the birds: Danger and delight on Australia’s East Coast (Calgary Herald)
• Trying to redefine strength and courage (Kitchener Post)
• Fashawn’s Boy Meets World: An oral history on its five-year anniversary (The Come Up Show)

FEATURES

A Long Way from Home: The Story of Canada’s Game in Cardiff
A documentary on the rise of the EIHL’s Cardiff Devils, the team’s Canadian influence, and the future of the sport in Wales. Produced for the TV Documentary module at the University of South Wales. Self-shot, -written, -voiced, and -produced.

Sisters of All Nations
A radio feature on the Sisters Of All Nations women’s hand drum group at Western University and the power of music in bringing people together.

Memories of the Embassy Hotel
A radio documentary feature on the history of the former Embassy Hotel as a cultural hub, and how a group of artists looks to carry on its tradition today. Interviews with free musician Eric Stach, rapper Shad, and visual artist Kelly Jazvac.

“Her Brain Lit Up Like a Christmas Tree” (Dr. Adrian Owen and the Brain and Mind Institute)
Researchers at Western University have found a way to communicate with patients in a vegetative state. I sit down with Dr. Adrian Owen and his team to talk about their findings and what the next step in their research is.

“We’re All in the Same Boat”: Shelagh Rogers on Depression
Ahead of the lecture by Shelagh Rogers, host of CBC’s The Next Chapter, at Windermere on the Mount in London, Ontario, we sat down to talk about her experience with depression, misconceptions surrounding mental health, and how “we’re all in the same boat.” Winner of the 2014 RTDNF CBC/Barbara Frum Scholarship for Interviewing.