Memoir

Fourteen days on the Covid Ward at Sunnybrook: a memoir

When the pandemic hit, I was put in charge of all infected non-ICU patients. What I learned will stay with me for the rest of my life

The inside of an ICE detention centre is as horrific as you think. I know because I spent 45 days in one

My only salvation: voluntary deportation. Toronto became my home and my path to redemption

“I went green. Maybe a little too green”

Here’s what happens when you foist extreme eco-consciousness on your unsuspecting family

How I was lured into the nightmarish world of sex trafficking at 15

I grew up in Oakville with everything I ever wanted. During the day, I went to school and took care of my siblings. At night, I turned tricks in seedy motels

I used to own a condo in Toronto. How I ​ended up living in Dufferin Grove Park

I rigged a shelter out of a plastic tablecloth and a beach umbrella

I’m a high school dropout. Here’s how I built an $8-million real estate portfolio

He DJ’d in Japan and worked for Canada Post

As a kid in Regent Park, I was headed for a life of gangs or drugs or worse. My Big Brother saved me

Now I’m in my third year studying neuroscience at U of T

My liver shut down, so my co-worker gave me 70 per cent of his

I was on the brink, and he saved my life

My family’s Griswold-calibre holiday ritual

On Christmas day, you can’t get into our subdivision because of all the cars

I invested my life savings in a digital currency. Here’s how I lost it all

It wasn’t entirely my fault!

I was paralyzed after getting mugged on the beach in Thailand. Five years later, I’m walking in a marathon

"I yelled for help over and over but no one heard me. I started screaming in sheer panic. I began praying, God help me, help me."

I accidentally moved into a seniors’ residence

It’s actually quite pleasant

My neighbours and I tore down our fence and built a shared outdoor kitchen

This is a story of bad fences making better neighbours

I was the top-ranked female MMA fighter in Ontario. Here’s why I walked away from the sport at 22

After a cluster of mysterious white dots showed up on my brain scan, doctors urged me to retire

I threw my grandmother an assisted suicide party

It changed the way I think about dying