Adding birding to my outdoor life is to follow my new passion. Sometimes passion leads you in odd directions. Well,…
Walking With: The Ku Klux Klan in Toronto
Canada and the Ku Klux Klan are not an obvious partnership. I explored their relationship on this ramble around the…
Little Ethiopia in Toronto
It started as a random observation on my bike rides around the city – there suddenly seems to be tons…
Etobicoke, Cycling by its Black History
Today’s exercise was a 40 kilometre bike ride to gaze at a Black man in Etobicoke. I met him years…
Toogood Pond and its Too Good Stories
It is spring. The robins and starlings are back, and so too are the buffleheads and long-tail ducks. This time…
Walking With: Albert Jackson, Toronto’s First Black Postman
What would you do if you were hired for a job, but your colleagues refused to work with you? That…
Playing Dress Up for Adults
Taking a break from our sightseeing walk in Vieux Port, Montreal, last summer, we watched the fountain, music and the…
Indigenous Trails in Toronto, Broadview Ave.
How can you read the land to spot the Indigenous paths that criss-crossed it? This is one of the challenges…
Warden Woods Walk
It was a pair of murals at Victoria Park subway that drew me back to Warden Woods Park. They turned…
Walking in Indigenous Footsteps in London
What did Pocahontas think of London? On this stroll through the city I explored the places linked to its Indigenous…
