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For the grads of 2019

Note: I often write a little something for my grade 12s at the end of the year. This is this year’s letter — a bit of a parting life lesson from Ms. MacKenzie. Hi, grads of 2019. I want to…

Ashley D. MacKenzie June 23, 2019 Teaching
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Life, unscripted.

When I go to a hockey game, the only thing I’m ever sure of is that someone will win, and someone will lose. Everything else is unscripted. Breakaways. Saves. Finding out an old friend has taken their own life. It…

Ashley D. MacKenzie November 8, 2018 Uncategorized
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Organic Diversity Done Right: North Surrey as a Setting in Fiction

Years ago, I was praised for the organic diversity in one of my manuscripts. I took the compliment, but I’ll be honest: I didn’t see it as an especially rare way to have written the story of a bunch of…

Ashley D. MacKenzie May 8, 2018 Writing, Young Adult Literature
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A Brightness in Surrey

Well, another SiWC has come to a close and I desperately need a nap. Maybe some tea, too. With honey. But definitely a nap. I’m exhausted, achy, and about to surrender to whatever cold virus I’ve been fighting, but none…

Ashley D. MacKenzie October 22, 2017 Writing
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Why, yes. I am a writer.

Sometimes, when I tell people that I write, it gets uncomfortable. Not for me, really, but for them. Because people have a habit of asking me what I write and, almost always, if I’ve been published. That’s where things get…

Ashley D. MacKenzie July 29, 2017 Writing
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This is what the premier is calling a success.

I haven’t blogged about education in a while. And I won’t lie – it’s been a glorious break. Writing about all the bad parts of my job isn’t fun. Letting myself think about the difficulties doesn’t make me excited to…

Ashley D. MacKenzie April 29, 2017 Current Events, Teaching
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2016′s Bookish Adventures

With 2016 winding down, it’s time for me to share where I’ve spent my year. Sure, I could blog about the adventures I went on this year (Mexico! Norway! Denmark!), but that would just remind me that I’m no longer…

Ashley D. MacKenzie December 29, 2016 Young Adult Literature
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The Day After in a Canadian High School

After the first Presidential debate, I promised my grade 12 French class that we could re-hash the American election results en français on the day following the election. It’s something they wanted to do as Canadians. Because they were watching.…

Ashley D. MacKenzie November 10, 2016 Current Events, Teaching
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The Potential for Awesome — and for Thumb Cramps

Sometimes, I look at my students on their phones and I can’t even say anything. Because I get it. That need to know what’s happening, when it’s happening. The inability to wait, because waiting means not knowing and not knowing…

Ashley D. MacKenzie November 1, 2016 Writing
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Pitch Wars 2016

Greetings, Pitch Warriors! Welcome to my little nook of the web. Feel free to take a look around, but you’ll probably to notice one teensy thing: my post frequency majorly dropped about a year ago. And for good reason. I’ve…

Ashley D. MacKenzie August 5, 2016 Uncategorized, Writing
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