Bruce Grierson

North Vancouver

Writer at Freelance

Author most recently of What Makes Olga Run? (Henry Holt, Random House Canada). http://t.co/dHa4j6o54V

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Articles

Are Emoji Becoming the World’s First Universal Language?

Feb 3, 2025 | magazine.utoronto.ca | Bruce Grierson

One day, in a class she teaches called Communication Among Cultures, Jordana Garbati, a writing professor at U of T Mississauga, noticed her students had suddenly become energized. They were talking about emoji – the little faces and icons people use to season their digital messages. “They were going on and on,” she says. Why do people make the emoji choices they do? How can the same simple image (a skull, say) mean completely different things to different people?
Emoji 101: Can We Speak Without Words?

Jan 23, 2025 | magazine.utoronto.ca | Bruce Grierson

One day, in a class she teaches called Communication Among Cultures, Jordana Garbati, a writing professor at U of T Mississauga, noticed her students had suddenly become energized. They were talking about emoji – the little faces and icons people use to season their digital messages. “They were going on and on,” she says. Why do people make the emoji choices they do? How can the same simple image (a skull, say) mean completely different things to different people?
The Daughter Effect

Jan 17, 2025 | medium.com | Bruce Grierson

brucegrierson·Follow26 min read·--Caroline Hernandez / UnsplashAfter many false starts over many years, I finally got it done. What it took to become a vegetarian wasn’t information — the fact that if everyone stopped eating meat, that alone would reduce carbon emissions on Earth by one seventh. It was a shame bomb from my then-16-year-old daughter, delivered at the Thanksgiving table.
From mandu to mah-jong: How we celebrate Lunar New Year

Jan 15, 2025 | shorturl.at | Bruce Grierson |Richard Littlemore |Tom Leslie

Did you know that Lunar New Year is celebrated by an estimated two billion people worldwide? That means that roughly one in four people will be ringing in the Year of the Snake come January 29!For many members of UBC’s Asian community, this holiday is of particular importance, so we decided to ask alumni to share with us their favourite ways of celebrating Lunar New Year and what makes this time special for them.
Opinion: Do you play it safe or spin the wheel? The question is central to the science of well-being

Nov 15, 2024 | theglobeandmail.com | Bruce Grierson
His Course About the Body Is a Workout for the Mind

Jan 22, 2024 | magazine.utoronto.ca | Bruce Grierson |Megan Easton

On the first day of a University of Toronto course about healthy living, Doug Richards puts a simple-sounding question to the class: what is the most common cause of death in Canada? One student pipes up: “heart disease?” Another says, “cancer.”“Well, that’s the pathologist’s perspective,” says Richards, an associate professor, teaching stream, at the Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education. “But if you ask a sociologist, they’re probably going to say the answer is poverty.
Two U of T faculties join forces to boost mental and physical health of local seniors

Aug 17, 2023 | educationnewscanada.com | Bruce Grierson

Two University of Toronto faculties are teaming up on a new pilot project that aims to improve the physical and mental health of local seniors through a combination of exercise and talk therapy.
Psychology Today Magazine

Jul 4, 2023 | psychologytoday.com | Bruce Grierson |Hara Estroff Marano |Tyler Woods |Abigail Fagan