Ms Packwood Goes To Washington

I was 18 years old. I remember coming home and hearing the news on CBC radio playing in the kitchen. If it happened today, it would have unfolded live on CNN, but this was before cell phones and before the 24 hour news cycle.
I remember my mom looking very worried and maybe hugging me just a little bit tighter that night. Montreal seemed very close on that dark winter's evening. One year later I would be away at university myself, away from home for the first time. These...

As some of you know, I am in a period of job transition. So part of the new job is a site specific dance project that will be happening next August in Banff National Park. I went out there at the end of October for a first look at possible sites.
Banff National Park is an interesting place. It is Canada's oldest national park and it faces some unique challenges. Within the park is the town of Banff. There are 7000 year round residents of Banff (most not original) but in high season (winter),...

Adam and I went for a stroll through the neighbourhood last night (perambulated as he would say) on our way for gelato. My apartment is surrounded on all sides by gelato and taking a loop a few blocks out of the way seemed like a good plan and preventative...

I feel today very similarly to how I feel every year during the Toronto Air Show. When the fighter jets practicing for people's entertainment buzz low over my midtown neighbourhood, I'm always reminded to be thankful that we live, in general, in a peaceful...