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Essays, notes, and reflections on technology, place, and what it means to be human inside both.
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Technology & Power · Essay
Empathetic AI or Orwellian Oversight? Pinterest Meets Saunders’ ‘Jon’
When a platform builds emotional intelligence into its algorithm, who decides what empathy looks like — and who gets watched?
Nov 2024 · 5 min read
Place & Systems · Report
Scarborough — A Report
A close read of a place most people overlook — what Scarborough reveals about how cities distribute care, investment, and neglect.
Feb 2020 · 6 min read
Place & Systems · Essay
What Toronto Can Learn From The Japanese
On density, civic trust, and what happens when a city is designed around its people rather than its cars.
Aug 2019 · 5 min read
On Being Human · Reflection
One of 338: Daughters of the Vote, Justin Trudeau, and Me
Selected from 2,000+ candidates to sit in the House of Commons alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. What happened inside the chamber — and after.
Apr 2019 · 4 min read
Technology & Power
Surveillance in Augmented Reality: Snapchat, Zuboff, and the Ethics of the AR Gaze Essay · Dec 2024
Costco: Digitizing the Low-Cost Model Analysis · Dec 2025
INGLOT: How a Polish Cosmetics Company Built a Global Advantage by Seeing Who Others Missed Analysis · 2025
Empathetic AI or Orwellian Oversight? Pinterest Meets Saunders’ ‘Jon’ Essay · Nov 2024
The Ethics of AI in Food Delivery: Personalization vs. Discrimination Essay · Oct 2024
The Apple Logo: Symbolism, Temptation, and Ethical Implications in Modern Technology Essay · Oct 2024
Sidewalk Labs MIDP Release Note · Nov 2019
Again, from the Platform Economy to City as a Platform: The Smart City Essay · Oct 2019
Mobilization in Response to Big Tech and Short-term Rentals Essay · Oct 2019
Engaging with the Platform Economy: Short-term Rental Housing Essay · Oct 2019
From the Sharing Economy to the Platform Economy Essay · Sep 2019
INFOGRAPHIC: The Canadian Government’s Idea of Affordable Still Ain’t Affordable! Note · Nov 2018
Emerging Trends and Their Impact on the Cosa Nostra Essay · Aug 2016
Place & Systems
Rikers Island: An Urban Social Justice Issue of Mass Incarceration on the Backs of Racialized Bodies Essay · Apr 2020
Reproductions of Heteropatriarchal and Ethnoracial Gendered Violence of Indo-Guyanese Women Essay · Apr 2020
Land Dispossession and Alternative Realities in my Island Home Essay · Mar 2020
Capitalism: Uneven Development Essay · Mar 2020
Scarborough — A Report Report · Feb 2020
Land Dispossessions in Colombia: Historical Trajectories into the Present Essay · Feb 2020
Saving Nature Essay · Feb 2020
Making Gender Essay · Feb 2020
Making Property, Making Race Essay · Jan 2020
What Toronto Can Learn From The Japanese Essay · Aug 2019
How Should Cities Accommodate and Regulate Alternatives to Traditional Housing Essay · Jan 2019
Moorish Influence on Spanish Gastronomy Essay · Jul 2018
The Spanish Inquisition: Romance, Betrayal, & Injustice Essay · Jul 2018
On Being Human
One of 338: Daughters of the Vote, Justin Trudeau, and Me Reflection · Apr 2019
My Eat, Pray, Love Moment Reflection · Jan 2019
I’m not white, but I am still privileged? Essay · Jan 2019
Persist! Persist! Persist! Reflection · Nov 2018
My First Time in Asia: Belly Full, Heart Full, Soul-Full Reflection · Sep 2019
Everyone gets old. Reflection · Mar 2019
Lubna Through the Looking Glass Essay · Sep 2016
A Resource for Starting the Conversation Note · Jun 2020
Music & Me Reflection · Feb 2019
How Life Experience Plays into a Career Reflection · May 2017
Chaplaincy is Crucial for the Successful Reintegration of Inmates Essay · Feb 2019
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