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April Update


Things are going great. I'm starting my PhD in May. I have some great part-time job prospects on the horizon. I will most likely be working in French again - which I love. My students are terrific! I was just doing some marking today and the things they come up with are excellent. I'm so proud of them. I especially love it when they come to class. I'm taking on an intern from Seneca College's Journalism program. He will be working with Donna Magazine for a month at least. He's a very promising writer named Chris Temelkos and expect to see great stuff from him on the mag.

I'm coming up with a strong idea for my dissertation at the University of Toronto that will follow in the tradition of Salon Utopia and Afro Forever. Afro Forever was the original title of my thesis at Concordia University that I did more than 10 years ago. I'm loving the Macbook Pro I'm typing on now and I know it is going to come in very hand for the work I will doing over a few years.

One my former interns with Donna Magazine, Rachel Muenz, looks as though she is on the verge of making a huge career breakthrough. I'm so excited for her. Another one of my former students at Centennial College, Thandiwe Vela, will be reporting for the Edmonton Journal this summer. She is an extremely promising young journalist. Another one of my former students from Centennial College, La-Ttoya Comrie, just had a beautiful baby boy. I'm so happy for her and her partner.

One of my students, Michael Albertini who is now at Seneca College is promising material to be a MuchMusic of MTV Canada VJ. Anyone reading this who could give him a job, hire him now! He is absolutely brilliant.

I was in the Toronto Public Library doing research on my advisor at the OISE/University of Toronto, Dr. Stephanie Springgay, and I bumped into another one of my former students, Abbas Somji. Abbas is doing his master's degree in communication and culture through a joint program with Ryerson University and York University. He also recently contributed to a spoken word project.

The list can go on and on about all of the terrific things the students in my life are doing. I'm really looking forward to this summer and things are looking as though they will be really exciting. I'm learning a lot and enjoying every second of it.

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