Tag Archives: Canada

Mirror mirror

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Araz

How do you react when you hear/read something that you perceive as negative/critical about your country/culture? Sad? Angry? Uncomfortable? Would you react differently if you heard it from someone who comes from a different country/culture than your own?

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My Grandfather the Canadian

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Araz

Over Thanksgiving weekend in 2008 my maternal grandfather passed away. Even though I knew his time would come, I don’t think that made it any less painful. I luckily got to see him before his health started seriously declining. When … Continue reading →

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Do you set others up for success?

Posted on March 2, 2010 by Araz

The recent Olympic men’s gold hockey final game got me thinking about this question. It was triggered when I watched Jarome Iginla make an amazing pass to team Canada’s captain Sidney Crosby, after which he shot the puck and scored … Continue reading →

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Happy Canada Day!

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Araz

This is one of the first Canada Day’s that I’ve spent at home in quite some time. I suppose like many Canadians I represent those that are the curious world travelers. But not being home for some time has made … Continue reading →

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April 24, 2009: Hope for the future

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Araz

I have some very interesting memories of April 24th. I remember waking up at 4 or 5 in the morning and driving with my mom and aunt to the community centre. From there getting on a bus with 50 other … Continue reading →

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You can’t hate someone whose story you know

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Araz

Last month Rotterdam held its annual International Film Festival. I thought it would be fun to go, so I started to search for films and decided to look at the films whose title started with a Z (my thinking being how could you … Continue reading →

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