As we approach a year since Jack Layton died of cancer, Canadians remember his work and celebrate his life. Higher Unlearning shares Jeff Perera’s thoughts from last August when we lost Jack. My mom wasn’t a fan of the moustache.“Don’t like it” she’d say, “…he should shave it”. Upon his arrival to the national political stage … Continue reading »
Chris Brown and his mother Joyce Hawkins on Larry King Live in 2009 where he said he’d prove to be a positive role model for his young fans. Go ahead, Tell me how he’s such a great performer and I need to drop it… Tell me how Rihanna seems to like bad boys and … Continue reading »
Jeff Perera with a urgent call to action regarding choices we can make as retail consumers when it comes to messaging offensive and degrading to women as well as reducing men to act in a way that does not reflect the best of us. . Enough. (Photo Courtesy of Stephen Hargreaves/The Lance) Seriously… This … Continue reading »
A thank you to one of the people who inspired him to speak up and speak out: Jeff looks back at growing up with the late Adam Yauch aka MCA. I got teary eyed when I saw on Twitter that Adam Yauch had passed away at the age of 47. It is amazing … Continue reading »
I was raised in the Jane & Finch area, a storied neighborhood in the city of Toronto infamous for violence and poverty, but also home to some amazing people. I grew up alongside people of African, Caribbean, Latin, Asian and South Asian descent. For the most part, I grew up not considering myself the … Continue reading »
