Let's start with an experiment. Take 10 seconds to write down as many Canadian films as you can. Ok, so how many did you come up with? "Not many" is the answer I received when asking the question to random folks.

Films like Porky's, Meatballs and...

David Rotenberg, one of Canada's most notable acting teachers and coaches, said something in class one day that has always stuck with me. It was about the idea that all artists should always live their lives and specifically arrive at every audition immersed in a state of being,...

Imagine a lot of you are part of the over 12-million folks who have been given the Pep Talk from our new endearing voice on what the world should be. That's right. Kid President. An eight-year-old endearing kid is telling it like it is.

It's powerful stuff. I...

And so it begins. A new year. But did you hear?

"We need to support the arts, and we need to support more of it."

These words are ever-present in chats with my arts community colleagues. So, it got me thinking: What does "support" actually mean? Well, the...

It's amazing to think we all started in the same place -- the sandbox. Remember that place where we were collectively open to new rascals joining in, new ways, new toys, and new energy? The place where if someone had one leg, one arm, one toe less than us...well, we...