“Canada Day 2020”

I took this photo on a trip to PEI last September. As soon as I snapped it, I knew it would be my 2020 Canada Day post for The Daily Mobile. Little did I know just how appropriate it would be to represent the lived reality of this year.

Like the rest of the world, it’s been a difficult six months for Canada and Canadians. The pandemic has battered our physical, mental and economic health, and horrific incidents of police brutality have forced us to confront the difficult issues of systemic racism and the historical injustices suffered by Indigenous, Black and People of Colour that have scarred our nation’s history.

Canada is by no means perfect, and there is much work to be done to improve this country for everyone who lives here. But it is a country that I love and it is the country that I am fortunate to call home.

Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦

“Dirty Canopy”

“Ochre Ridge”

“General Direction”

“Only Built 4 German Linx…”

“Star Gate”

“Balancing Act”

“The Hottest Club in Toronto is ‘Members Only’ ”

“Red Greenhouse”

“Hydrant of Sauron”

“If At First You Don’t Succeed”

“Poppins Trap”

“It’s Not What It Looks Like! Wait…What DOES It Look Like?”

“Lady in Red”

“Scratch That”

“Creativity Kindled”

“Pyre Chair”

“Cars of Funchal”

“Petals on Portuguese Pavement”

“These Bars Don’t Hold Me; They Grow Me”

“Wallflower”

“Westsiiiiiiiide!” – Ponta do Pargo Lighthouse, Madeira, Portugal

“Another Day; Another Dollar”

“Building Blood”

“Wired”

“Intra-Murals”

“Viking Alarm”

“Stumped: Perfect 10”

“Blockhead” – Peakes Quay, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

“Colour Docking” – Peakes Quay, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

“The Great Divide” – East Point Lighthouse, Prince Edward Island