About me
That’s me! Photo credit: Jenna Marie Wakani
Hello! I’m a writer and editor in Toronto.
I started out as a city reporter at the Montreal Gazette newspaper, then went to Maclean's, Canada’s national newsweekly, where I was a staff writer for almost a decade. After that, I was senior editor at Motherboard, VICE’s technology vertical. I now freelance full-time.
In 2012, I shadowed astronaut Chris Hadfield at NASA’s Johnson Space Center as he prepared to lead the International Space Station. I was the only Canadian print reporter to do so. My writings were collected in a Maclean’s ebook, Chris Hadfield: #GoodMorningEarth.
At VICE, I wrote the screenplay for Living With Jaguars, an interactive VR documentary that premiered at SXSW in 2018. A frequent public speaker and panel moderator, I regularly appeared on both Daily VICE and VICE du jour, as well as radio and TV programs.
Although my work covers a range of topics, I’m most interested in stories about science and technology and how they impact our lives.
Selected work
“Dividing line: How the Bloor Street bike lane turned Toronto into a battlefield” - Toronto Life, 2025
“Mammoth or pigeon? De-extinction’s choices” - The Literary Review of Canada, 2018
“Living with jaguars”, a 360/VR documentary - VICE, 2018
“Tour a subterannean dark matter lab in 360º VR” - VICE, 2017
“POWER”, a 360/VR documentary on nuclear power - VICE, 2017
“Scientists are building rogue waves in the lab” - VICE, 2016
“Art McDonald on how to win a Nobel Prize” - Maclean’s, 2015
“The story behind a vegetative patient’s shocking recovery” - Maclean’s, 2015
Book review: The Martian - Maclean’s, 2014
“Astronomers go planet-hunting” - Maclean’s, 2013
“The wonder of Chris Hadfield” - Maclean’s, 2013
“Inside NASA with Chris Hadfield” - Maclean’s, 2012
“Why the Higgs boson discovery changed everything” - Maclean’s, 2012
“The biggest, baddest dinos still rule” - Maclean’s, 2011
“An inconvenient fruit” - Maclean’s, 2010
My visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center, 2012
Awards
Canadian Online Publishing Awards, 2017 - Gold, Best Blog or Column. Motherboard (editor)
National Magazine Awards, 2017 - Gold, Best Service Editorial Package. Today’s Parent (contributor)
Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario Media Award - “Asking for an outbreak of preventable diseases”
Sanofi Pasteur Medal for Excellence in Health Research Journalism Award - “Growing a new heart”
Yves Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award - “Astronomers go planet-hunting”
Filming from a helicopter for VICE! 2017
Contact me
Solar eclipse seen over Hamilton, Ontario. April 2024