I love Toronto.

Some recent paintings:

We make winter so much worse by willfully ignoring basic accessibility and mobility needs aka rights. Good thing the road is clear though. Wish me luck… #carculture #autoloo

Thank you to my friend @jmorenocruz.bsky.social for gifting me this gem from Rick Rubin. It’s provided some much needed inspiration for my own book writing process, but also many points of reflection on research as a creative and artistic act. Highly recommend scientists take a read. 10/10

I had a lovely conversation with my 3 year old niece about how pretty the moon was. I asked for a picture. ❤️

Agreed - context certainly matters. Given it’s a survey targeted at a subset of urban/suburban residents the findings should be interpreted as such. Here’s the paper cited, where they provide some discussion of the nuances and their idea of a “threshold effect”. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Framing xenophobia as a reaction to government policy isn’t particularly helpful in addressing the core issue of intolerance. I’m sure headlines like this sell newspapers though. Racism makes people racist… let’s do something about that…

Will be discussing the future of cities on a CBC Ideas panel at the Provocation Ideas Festival in Stratford on November 28. You can get tickets here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/cbc-ideas-...

It’s undeniable that London has a grip on me. The last time I was here I had to move back to Canada the day before the UK went on lockdown, so it was an abrupt and sad departure, to say the least. It’s nice to be back - I’m soaking up all the charm, grit, and character. Grateful. 🙏🏿🙂🇬🇧