I just about choked on my spritzer last Friday evening when I found out that The Urban Cycling Survival Guide had debuted at #6 on the Canadian non-fiction best-sellers list, and at #7 on the regular non-fiction list in The Globe and Mail, and Toronto Star. Took me a while…
Writing & Review
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What an honour to make the cover of NOW Toronto!
Wow! So as a born and bred Torontonian, and someone who has grown up flipping through NOW magazine, our free weekly ‘what’s happening in the city’ paper, I’m feeling pretty excited and honoured to be on the cover of the 2015 Cycling Special!! And I wrote the cover story; Surviving…
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I wrote a book! The story of The Urban Cycling Survival Guide
In late September 2012, it finally occurred to me that I too often referred to the ‘gap in cycling education’ as an issue of concern in the urban mobility dialogue.  In that moment I decided it was time for action instead of talk – I was going to try and help…
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Book Review: The Next Eco Warriors
The Next Eco Warriors Edited by Emily Hunter Foreword by Farley Mowat Reviewed by, Yvonne Bambrick for Alternatives Journal (Originally posted May 9, 2011) The Next Eco Warriors is a powerful collection of first person accounts of environmental struggles being fought by young activists from around the globe. Although they vary…
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Reporting: International Women’s Day – Film Screening and Panel Discussion
What: International Women’s Day: Film Screening and Panel Discussion – ‘The Journey of Feminism’ Where: The Law Society of Upper Canada at Osgoode Hall When: March 1, 2011 In recognition of International Women’s Day on March 8th, the Law Society of Upper Canada, in partnership with the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative…