A global workforce imbalance will be the driver for talent acquisition and development in the 21st Century. Organizations that survive will do so because they invested in the learning and development of their workforce. Critical to this survival is employee engagement, development of a global mindset and the support of employees at various stages of …

PROLOGUE: “A Person who has children does not die” ~ A proverb from Nigeria   Nov 5, 1968, Accra, Ghana   The red and yellow taxi sped into the tiny alcove at the entrance to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, spewing toxic smoke from an exhaust that was so loud it announced its presence long before …

I’ve finally come down from cloud 9 and I’m missing it already! Totally awesome day at York University with Professors Cheryl Cowdy- Crawford and Andrea Emberly and their Worlds Of Childhood class. I must admit I was a tad nervous and if you know me, that’s not usually the case. I guess I just didn’t …

If you love TED talks, then you know why I just had to organize a local TED event! They are inspiring, mind boggling, awe inspiring moments that have always filled me with energy and by conceiving of this idea, the intent was to pass some of this energy to others. Together with Sharon Roebbelen of …

So this past summer, I received an email from Cheryl Cowdy, professor at York University who teaches a course called “Worlds of Childhood”. This course looks at childhood narratives from around the world and needless to say, much that comes out of Africa (i.e. the stuff that gets published outside Africa)  is woeful, riddled with …

So…there was a call for very short articles on a defining moment for Canadians – when was it that you felt quite Canadian? Of course I couldn’t resist so I wrote a very short piece and holy smokes – it got picked to be featured online! Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!   Read my Defining Moment…right here…in Maclean’s Magazine…woot …

Yes! No clue who I had to beat to get that but apparently, the student who nominated me (Heather Ripmeester – I’ll get your head for this!) managed to get enough votes to have me shortlisted. And then, wonder of wonders, I won! Now when I consider that I barely taught 40 of our Education …

On the 3rd March, Redeemer University’s Education department and its Future Teachers Association (FTA) put on a wonderful fundraiser for His Majesty’s Christian School. Their goal was to raise money for computers to help us set up a small computing school that would go a long way in helping us with operating costs. Many thanks …

Just teasing…but its all good! Mistress of the Game Book Trailer

I had a most amazing, tiring trip to Ghana this fall! I visited an awesome University – Ashesi University, met the dedicated women who want to learn to read and write English, appeared on a radio talk show, had a book signing event at the Accra Mall…met up with good friends and all this on …

I’m excited at the thought of meeting fans at the Accra Mall on October 1st! Almost all my books will be  on display: Mistress of the Game, Serwa Akoto’s Diary, Sometimes I Wonder, Stubborn Kwame and the Kobby Badu-Smith series. For a review of Kobby in Space, see Geosi’s Blog…awesome! Let me know if you …