A tenant asks me to break a hundred-dollar bill for him. “Where did you get that?” I wonder out loud. He’s a good panhandler, so I was expecting another fantastic story of Vancouverite generosity, but that’s not what I got. He tells me that the pharmacies around the DTES have been tasked with supplying…
To become a better leader at work, I signed up for a leadership course to help me in this noble pursuit. Below is what I learned. Emphasize what is right. Positive psychology is a concerted effort to focus on what is right with people rather than what is wrong with them. All is not well. The…
Reflections on the 30th Annual Housing Central Conference We are welcomed by the indigenous and led in worship by them. They beat their drums and sing about their land, their ancestors, and the creator of us all. Those of us with white skin are reprimanded at the beginning of every session. The land acknowledgement…
