Writing Samples
Examples of my writing from a variety of contexts, topics, and sources.
An opinion article for RyersonStudentAffairs.com / Canadian Association of Colleges and Universities Student Affairs (CACUSS); a Student Affairs professional from another institution wrote an article about a lack of "Canadian conversations" which spurred me to talk with my colleagues and CACUSS, then write this response and launch a project to try and create spaces for these Canadian SA conversations.
An instructional article for RyersonStudentAffairs.com / ACPA; I was asked to put together an article to help instruct my colleagues, both at Ryerson and across Student Affairs in Canada, on the best practices for writing a program proposal for the ACPA conference 2016, which was going to be held in Canada for the first time ever.
An opinion article for RyersonStudentAffairs.com's Pride 2015 series; using Captain Holt—a fan-favourite (myself included!) character from the TV series Brooklyn Nine-Nine—as an example of a fully formed 3-dimensional character, I look at representation in the show and what it can teach Student Affairs about using lenses.
A series of events/articles for RyersonStudentAffairs.com; post-Canadian Association of Colleges and Universities Student Services conference 2015, my colleague Tesni and I wanted a way to bring back the energy, excitement, and inspiration we felt during the conference, and not only share it with our colleagues but encourage them to activate their own projects inspired by the conference.
A reflection article series I wrote for RyersonStudentAffairs.com; after being talked into participating in Movember on the RyersonSA team, I pitched a series that would follow my journey through the month as I shaved off my beloved beard, focusing on what this meant to my identity and how I saw that extrapolating into our work with students.
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited.
Imagination encircles the world.”
