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  • Canadian Women’s Closed, Part 6 (1 Jun 25) – The last round of this year’s championship had three key… / Chess
  • Canadian Women’s Closed, Part 5 (12 May 25) – The top 6 boards of the championship were played on… / Chess
  • Canadian Women’s Closed, Part 4 (8 May 25) – Entering the 7th round, I was even in the standings… / Chess
  • Canadian Women’s Closed, Part 3 (2 May 25) – In the 6th round, I faced another young preteen prodigy,… / Chess
  • Canadian Women’s Closed, Part 2 (28 Apr 25) – The going got harder after my first 3 rounds. The… / Chess
  • Canadian Women’s Closed, Part 1 (25 Apr 25) – The first three rounds of the 2025 Canadian women’s championship… / Chess
  • Quadragenarian Chess (24 Apr 25) – My first chess tournament as a 40-year-old was the 2025… / Chess
  • Sex, Gender, and the Rule of Law (24 Jan 25) – I gave an interview this morning to CBC Labrador Morning,… / Interviews, Opinion, Pride and Queerness
  • Canadian Women at the Chess Olympiad: Final Results (23 Sep 24) – What an event, what a performance, what a finish! No… / Chess
  • Canadian Women at the Chess Olympiad: Round 11 (23 Sep 24) – Canada vs. Lithuania: Canada faced Lithuania in the final round,… / Chess
  • Canadian Women at the Chess Olympiad: Round 10 (23 Sep 24) – Colombia vs. Canada: I am posting this after the event… / Chess
  • Canadian Women at the Chess Olympiad: Round 9 (20 Sep 24) – Canada vs. Hungary: Today Canada faced the hosts, and it… / Chess
  • Canadian Women at the Chess Olympiad: Round 8 (19 Sep 24) – Australia vs. Canada: A great win today! Maili-Jade and Svitlana… / Chess
  • Canadian Women at the Chess Olympiad: Round 7 (18 Sep 24) – Canada vs. Bulgaria: The team had a tough draw today… / Chess
  • Canadian Women at the Chess Olympiad: Round 6 (16 Sep 24) – Belgium vs. Canada: A hard-fought team win today, of my… / Chess
  • Canadian Women at the Chess Olympiad: Round 5 (15 Sep 24) – Canada vs. Monaco: Monaco’s team is a lot mightier than… / Chess
  • Canadian Women at the Chess Olympiad: Round 4 (14 Sep 24) – Scotland vs. Canada: Chess is high drama. Maybe it moves… / Chess
  • Canadian Women at the Chess Olympiad: Round 3 (13 Sep 24) – Canada vs. USA: A match against the USA is never… / Chess
  • Canadian Women at the Chess Olympiad: Round 2 (12 Sep 24) – Canada vs. Chile: Today’s match-up was a closer one, both… / Chess
  • Canadian Women at the Chess Olympiad: Round 1 (11 Sep 24) – Taiwan vs. Canada: We were highly favoured today, as usual… / Chess
  • The Coolest International Competition in Sports (5 Sep 24) – The 45th Chess Olympiad starts in Budapest next week. If… / Chess
  • Pride Coffee House 2024 (4 Jul 24) – Tuesday, July 2 was opening night for the Pride Week… / Events, Pride and Queerness, Writing
  • Pride Week Is Coming Up (25 Jun 24) – I love how Pride isn’t a fixed date. It’s a… / Events, Opinion, Pride and Queerness
  • Labrador Valentines (21 Jun 24) – Back in 2014, I made a set of nine locally-themed… / Art
  • Words of Warmth Wrap-Up (18 Jun 24) – Tonight was a wonderful evening with wonderful folks and a… / Events
  • Words of Warmth, Day 6 (17 Jun 24) – Our final day of workshops came to a close today.… / Events, Publishing
  • Words of Warmth, Day 5 (16 Jun 24) – We’ve had three more workshops in the past 24 hours!… / Events, Pride and Queerness, Writing
  • Words of Warmth, Day 4 (15 Jun 24) – Today is the busiest day of the festival and also… / Events
  • Words of Warmth, Day 3 (14 Jun 24) – The festival’s third day is in the books, with a… / Events
  • Words of Warmth, Day 2 (13 Jun 24) – Today it was a great pleasure to introduce and sit… / Events, Publishing
  • Words of Warmth (11 Jun 24) – I’m excited to kick off the Words of Warmth Literary… / Events, Interviews
  • Woman of Labrador (11 Jun 24) – A decade of studying Labrador literature and seventeen years of… / Articles, Pride and Queerness
  • Pride Month in Happy Valley-Goose Bay (6 Jun 24) – It’s a beautiful day in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, June is… / Pride and Queerness
  • Canadian Women’s Chess Championship (6 Jun 24) – I competed in the Canadian Women’s Zonal Championship, our national… / Chess, Events, Interviews
  • St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival (5 Jun 24) – I joined filmmakers Christine Poker, Holly Andersen, and Amanda Gear… / Events, Film, Interviews
  • Chess and Gender Policies (5 Jun 24) – I’ve been interviewed many times about the restrictions on transgender… / Chess, Interviews, Pride and Queerness
  • People Are Dying in Public (5 Jun 24) – Sometimes you just have to say something. Even better, sometimes… / Articles, Opinion