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In Defense of Plumbing: Joseph Wilson talks to James Pennebaker about his studies into the significance of function words. Babel. Autumn 2024.
The Ghost in the Machine: Metaphors of the ‘Virtual’ and the ‘Artificial’ in Post-WW2 Computer Science in Perspectives on Science, Special Issue: Virtual Entities in Science. Vol. 32, No. 3. Cambridge: MIT Press.
Is There an AI Metrics Mirage? American Scientist. Vol. 112. No. 2
Aya Dataset: An Open-Access Collection for Multilingual Instruction Tuning. Association for Computational Linguistics. 2024.
Combat by Algorithm: Trials of Strength in Artificial Intelligence Research. Anthropology News. Jan. 23, 2024.
Long after books blazed, a library is finally back. Spacing Magazine #63.
The True Disruptors at Collision Were Asking us to Slow Down and Listen. Spacing blog. July 18, 2023.
Will AI really change everything? Not likely. Globe and Mail. June 5, 2023.
The Promises and Perils of AI at the Provocation Ideas Festival. Spacing blog. May 16, 2023.
The Metapragmatic Function of Machine Learning Algorithms. Science, Technology and Human Values. (In Review)
Shifting Voices in Dungeons and Dragons. With Adam Axbey. Babel. February 2023.
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COVID shows why we need the social sciences now more than ever. Ottawa Citizen
Parenting is Hard, No Matter What You See–Or Read–Online. CBC Parents
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On A Family Vacation, I Recommend Letting Your Kids Take The Lead. CBC Parents
I’m Trying To Show My Kids Music Is Something We Create, Not Just Consume. CBC Parents.
When we search for the humanity in LaMDA AI, we’re missing the point. Globe and Mail.
When One Child Has More Extracurricular Success Than Their Siblings. CBC Parents.
My Family’s Encounters With An Often Shirtless, Longboarding Opera Singer. CBC Parents.
Jane’s Walk Festival + Provocation Ideas Festival. Spacing blog.
Our Family Tree Revealed Many Things To My Kids, Including The Roles Women Have Historically Filled. CBC Parents.
We Want Our Kids To Play Music Like We Do, But Nothing Is Working. CBC Parents.
Groundhog Day Is An Absurd Tradition— And My Kids Want Answers. CBC Parents.
There Is An Art To Swearing And I’m Sharing That With My Kids. CBC Parents
January Can Be A Bleak Month, So Our Family Threw A Robbert Burns Supper. CBC Parents.
Placekeeping on the Islands: An indigenous landscape architect is reimagining Toronto’s iconic park. Spacing Magazine. #58. Winter 2021.
Hair Pulling, Superheroes And Stickers — How My Three Kids Braced Themselves For Vaccination, CBC Parents.
Canada’s ‘Sometimes Smug Approach To Mulitculturalism’ Is Hard To Avoid — And Explain To Kids, CBC Parents.
Canadian Thanksgiving Is Often Oversimplified For Kids — But There’s A Lot To Discuss, CBC Parents.
Elevated: What would it take to turn the decommissioned Scarborough RT into a park? Spacing Magazine. #57. Fall 2021.
Elder Wisdom: First Nations and public health in Toronto. Spacing Magazine. #56. Spring 2021.
Indigenous youth help redefine landscape architecture. Spacing Blog.
Is Getting A Cat Spayed Unimaginably Cruel?, CBC Parents.
My 10-Year-Old Plans To ‘Vote’ For Justin Trudeau, CBC Parents.
Constraints on generality: The (mis-)use of generic propositions in scientific prose, The Digital Scholar: Philosopher’s Lab, Vol. 3. No. 1.
Decaying Words: The Metaphor of Evolution in Language Becomes Literal in a Canadian Forest, Technology and Language. Vol. 1. No. 2.
‘Will It Split The Family?’ — Our Italo-Anglo Family’s Euro 2020, CBC Parents.
A Look Into The Anxiety-Inducing, Deeply Regulated World Of A Kid’s Pandemic Spelling Bee, CBC Parents.
Pride Is Not Just For Brians — We’ve Always Felt Welcome As A Straight Family, CBC Parents.
Do Kids Even Want to go Back to School in June?, CBC Parents.
Our Newest Aggravating Family Member Was Ravaged by Ticks…, CBC Parents.
The Monster My Daughter Fears Isn’t An Active Shooter But The Lockdown Drill Itself, CBC Parents.
My 7-Year-Old Fashion Designer, CBC Parents.
How To Dispose Of Children’s Crafts Without Crushing Their Souls, CBC Parents.
Two Girls Read Books About Girls With Their Dad — Here Are Their Reviews, CBC Parents.
Archeologists Unearth Privies From 19th Century Toronto, Spacing Magazine, #54, Summer 2020
The Oldest Bottle of Wine in Toronto, Spacing Magazine, #52, Winter 2020
Urban Adventures: City Scouts teaches kids how to navigate their own city, Spacing Magazine, #52, Winter 2020
Parenting is a Dictatorship, CBC Parents
A group of brewers is trying to establish terroirs for Canadian hops, Globe and Mail
I Enjoy Letting My Daughters Help Me With Home Projects — Here’s Why, CBC Parents
Our Family Could Grieve 2020, But We Had It Better Than Many, CBC Parents
How the ‘Buy Nothing’ Philosophy is Alive And Well In Our Home — And Always Will Be, CBC Parents.
This Canadian Family Bought 10 Chickens To Feed And Educate Their Kids, CBC Parents
I Hope The Person Who Keeps Stealing From My Family Reads This, CBC Parents
Reports From Our Pandemic-Era Bedroom, Where ‘Air Conditioner Privilege’ Lives, CBC Parents
How To Help Your Kids Turn Your Old T-Shirt Into Their Own No-Sew Mask, CBC Parents
I’m Thinking Beyond Online Learning, So I Asked My Daughter To Write Half This Article, CBC Parents
Ending The Stigma Of COVID-19 At Home So It Doesn’t Become The New ‘Cooties’, CBC Parents
The Day My Daughter Learned That Hawks Want To Devour Other Birds — Not Berries, CBC Parents
My Father Died Four Days After My Daughter Was Born, CBC Parents
I’m Not Vaccine-Resistant Or An ‘Anti-Vaxxer’ — I’m Teaching My Kids Why Shots Matter, CBC Parents
Navigating My Daughter’s Three Personas — Maria, Big Boy And Le Petit Bébé, CBC Parents
I Don’t want my kids to have a Nature Deficit Disorder, CBC Parents
We’re All Going to Die: conversations with a 5-year old, a 7-year old and a squirrel named Eli, CBC Parents
Our Family is a Proud Member of the #Beyhive, Despite all the Swearing, CBC Parents
Most Parents Have Been on a Field Trip From Hell–Here’s My Story, CBC Parents
My Daughter Wore a 1960’s-Inspired ‘Indian’ Costume–Here’s How I Took Care of That, CBC Parents
Stealing From a 3-Year-Old Kid is BS, CBC Parents
Our Kids Love Opera But Not Because We Force Them To, CBC Parents
Why do I Let My Kids Take the School Bus Without a Seat Belt? CBC Parents
Why the Gillette Ad isn’t About Just Boys and Men, it’s About my Three Daughters Too, CBC Parents
Lies Parents Tell: The Teeth in this Secret, Hidden-Away Jar Aren’t Yours, CBC Parents
Why Canning Tomato Sauce is More Important to our Family Than Going to the Cottage, CBC Parents
My Family’s History of Early Death is Driving Me to Make Changes for My Daughters, CBC Parents
I Lied To My Kids About Meeting A Mermaid And Had A Crisis of Conscience, CBC Parents
How We Can Afford To Be a Cultured Family: We Barter, CBC Parents
Our Family’s Struggles As A French-First Family In An English-First City, CBC Parents
I Think the Policing of School Lunches Has Gone Too Far, CBC Parents
Let Kids In On Cooking Because Dinner Doesn’t Just Magically Appear, CBC Parents
Here’s What Your Kids Can Learn if You Let Them Use Power Tools, CBC Parents
It’s Not a Sex-Ed Curriculum, It’s a Health Curriculum, and Our Kids Need it, CBC Parents
How a Broken Promise Between My Two Daughters Led Me to Accepting That Violence is OK — Sometimes, CBC Parents
Getting Graffiti: Brick Works shows off what Rob Ford would clean up, Globe & Mail
Street Gangs of Toronto, 1943, Spacing Magazine
The Use of Games in Museums and Science Centers, Spongelab White Paper
The Power of Open, STEM Magazine Canada
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7 Principles Lean Startups Can Learn from the Scientific Process, MaRS Blog
Fighting to Get Heard at SXSW: Some Tactics for Entrepreneurs, MaRS Blog
Joseph Wilson on Learning… Possible Canadas Interview, Globe & Mail
Youth Hackathon Platbook Hits the Web for Free, MaRS Blog
Why Travel is a Crucial Part of an Entrepreneur’s Education, MaRS Blog
How Not to Be Annoying at #SXSW: A Review, Betakit
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Future Leaders: Planting the Seeds of Entrepreneurs, MaRS Blog
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Collaborating for Growth in the K-12 Education Market, MaRS Blog
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Tech Equalizer: Activists Help World’s Poor Dial Up Freedom on a Cell Phone, NOW Magazine
Rebel Mobility: Cells Score Tactically, But Pack Your Notebook to Combat Jamming, NOW Magazine
Come on in, the Water’s Fine, Right?, Globe & Mail
Creationist Spin on Our Origins, the Toronto Star
The Mini Maker Faire is a Science Fair for Grown-Ups That Matters, Yonge Street
Toronto’s 49 Pixels Project is Mapping Out Our Silicon Valley North, Yonge Street
Social Entrepreneurship in Toronto is Hot and May be a Future Direction for Capital Markets, Yonge Street
Toronto`s Serious Gaming Companies Have Kids Thinking? Yonge Street
Planet Traveller Digs Its Way Into a Low Carbon Economy, Yonge Street
MarketLink is Helping Small Toronto and Canadian Tech Companies Get Into International Markets, Yonge Street
Toronto`s CFC Media Lab is a World Pioneer in Digital Interactive Media & Now They Mean Business, Yonge Street
Towards a Sustainable University of Toronto Campus, Yonge Street
Net Change Week: Social Innovators are Making Don Tapscott`s Predictions Come True, Yonge Street
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Chad Checkup, NOW Magazine
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Cool Disappearing Acts, NOW Magazine
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Google Looses Lustre in China, NOW Magazine
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