CURRENT MISSION

I'm looking to meet new people and hear their stories, learn more about their culture, and share an adventure or two!

ABOUT ME

I'm a young family physician currently based in Toronto, Ontario, with an interest in inner city medicine. I feel so privileged that I get to hear so many people's stories and share in so many people's joys and struggles. In a similar vein (pun sort-of-not-intended), I am enthralled by the CouchSurfing experience--so many stories!--such interesting people!

PHILOSOPHY

"If you have come here to help me, you are wasting your time. But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together." - Lilla Watson, Aboriginal educator and activist

I think there is really something to this message--and I think CouchSurfing is an amazing way to build the relationships that are foundational to a sense of solidarity.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

surfing, hosting, attending CS summer poolparties... you name it!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I surfed with my sister through Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia in 2009, in Belgium in 2010, in southern India in 2011, in the Yukon in 2012, and in China and Vietnam in 2014. My experiences hosting in Ottawa, Hamilton, and Toronto have proven nearly as exciting!

Interests

running, bicycling (especially cycle-commuting! heat, rain, or snow, it beats a car or bus any day), travelling, vegetarian cooking, literature, activism, environmental justice, social justice, politics, health and wellness, meeting new people

• culture
• literature
• dining
• cooking
• vegetarian
• vegan
• running
• politics
• traveling
• cycling
• teaching
• medicine

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: new Canadian music, folk, bluegrass, Motown, anything and everything
ex. Simon & Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, Manu Chao, Belle & Sebastian, Feist, Kathleen Edwards, Sigur Ros

Movies: Boyhood, City of God, Before Sunrise/Before Sunset/Before Midnight, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Saved!, The Lives of Others, l'auberge espagnole

Books: Midnight's Children, The God of Small Things, A Fine Balance, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera, Frankenstein, Crime and Punishment, Cassandra, Fugitive Pieces, Pride and Prejudice, The World to Come, Gilead, Harry Potter
...also the cookbooks Wild Fermentation, Veganomicon, the Flavor Bible, The Bread Baker's Apprentice, and the most classic of vegetarian cookbooks, Moosewood :)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Participating in the miracle that is birth never gets old (one life-->two! Amazing!)

On a completely different note, I once went on a one-week cycling trip in Cuba that was pretty awesome...

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to cook vegetarian food and would love to learn more about cooking!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Bahamas, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Palestine, Panama, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (French part), Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, Canada

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