I have followed with interest the saga of James Damore, the google employee who penned an open statement about his concerns with some of Google’s HR policies respecting gender, race and culture. I’m liberal, so when this story broke, my notifications were rife with stories and opinions about what a…

So, another season of American football is upon us. …

Creeping with the surveillance state — I promised to be more timely with my Hot Docs reviews this year, so here I am. I was back in T.O. on Saturday in time to witness the world premiere of Pre-Crime; an investigation into new police practices that use technology and data to ‘predict’ crime and apprehend criminals…

Rebels and refugees featured prominently in my viewing last year — I’ve been attending the Toronto Hot docs festival, and it’s year-round sister, Doc Soup, for almost 10 years now. Each year the festival gets bigger and the overall quality of films continues to improve. This is not unique or special about the festival, but reflects what’s been happening to our…

Into this furnace, I ask you now to venture… — 2016 was a tough year for Canadian genius. Iconic Gord Downie announced that he had terminal brain cancer, while iconic Leonard Cohen fell down, hit his head and died. Live by the sword… Versive loves verse, so I offer small tributes to these my heroes with some amateur lit-crit. This…

Some ideas about the Tragically Hip and the lyrics of Gord Downie — 2016 was a tough year for Canadian genius. Iconic Gord Downie announced that he had terminal brain cancer, while iconic Leonard Cohen fell down, hit his head and died. Live by the sword… Versive loves verse, so I offer small tributes to these my heroes with some amateur lit-crit. This…

Be good… but not too good! — An exercise we did recently while working on our new website was to each answer the ‘Proust Survey’. This is the questionnaire that Vanity Fair has been using since the ’90s to elicit revealing or witty insight from celebrities. It’s known as such, because Marcel Proust was a famous early…