2023-02-09 23:14
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A Toronto father enjoying photography, food and travel while attending events city-wide.
2022-05-09 15:14
This content was sponsored by two of Canada’s leading pharmaceutical research-based companies, but opinions are my own.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us aren’t as heal… Read More
2022-02-22 13:00
A little while back, Kaya Marriott, Sherley Joseph and I put the Black Canadian Creator Directory out into the world, and we were blown away by everyone’s reaction to it!
The B… Read More
2021-12-03 13:00
Disclaimer: I was compensated for this review of Bluehive Bamboo Wireless Chargers, but all opinions remained my own.
With working from home becoming a much bigger part of the picture for… Read More
2021-07-04 11:00
The Pickering Museum Village—an open-air museum located just outside of Toronto in Pickering, Ontario—offers a glimpse into the history of the Pickering area with an engaging fam… Read More
2021-05-19 11:00
Last updated on June 5th, 2021 at 12:49 pm
Why the World Has Fatherhood WRONG.
It took me until we had our second child to feel like I was getting a handle on fatherhood, much of the awkw… Read More
2021-05-18 11:00
Last updated on May 26th, 2021 at 11:29 pm
Though I know that I’m one of the few dads publicly sharing his fatherhood story up here in the Great White North, my story isn’t the&n&hell…Read More
2021-05-17 11:00
Last updated on May 20th, 2021 at 01:22 am
I have a theory—if more fathers were able to stay with their babies till they were six months old, we’d have far fewer deadbeat dads in… Read More
2021-05-16 11:00
Alright—so now that the pleasantries are out of the way, it’s time that we get into some practical information about fatherhood, and where better to start than the very… Read More
2021-05-15 11:00
Once upon a time, I tried to write a post on why more of my fellow thirty-somethings should want to have kids and join the ever-bustling ranks of parenthood just like me. Recently becom… Read More
2021-05-15 05:16
One thing I’ve love to see from my fellow dads this Father’s Day is for all of us to learn to communicate better.
I know—it might be the last thing on your mind with eve… Read More
2021-05-13 14:03
WHAT is a father, ANYWAY?
When people ask “what is a father”, that’s something I’ve struggled to adequately answer for years.
I wish this were staged, but no &m&hell…Read More
2021-05-13 02:58
Forty Days to Father’s Day: Why I Decided to Write a Fatherhood Series
With Mother’s Day come and gone for another year, I’ve started thinking about Father’s Day a… Read More
2021-05-02 22:32
So it’s a week before Mother’s Day and much like every year, there are far too many people who leave their shopping to the last minute, failing to get the mothers in their l… Read More
2021-04-23 20:29
Diabetes—a disease that everybody’s heard about, but so few people understand. For Canadians living with type 2 diabetes, heart disease is the number one cause of death, with 50%… Read More
2021-03-10 20:36
Many of us dream of owning our own businesses, being able to call the shots and feel like we’re working by our own priorities instead of anybody else’s. The idea&r&hell…Read More
2021-02-21 17:51
Estimated reading time: 16 minutes
And finally, we hit the good part—making SEO work for you. Using everything we learned from the previous parts and applying them to the content y… Read More
2021-02-19 06:20
Estimated reading time: 11 minutes
If you’ve read the first post in The SEO Struggle, you’ll know why you need an SEO strategy and what it can do for your brand—but how… Read More
2021-02-18 06:14
Estimated reading time: 10 minutes
I always thought I understood the SEO struggle, but it turns out that there was so much more to learn about it than I’d ever imagi… Read More
2021-02-12 01:40
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes
I was expecting to spend yet another night with my new friends on Clubhouse, getting into all sorts of mischief as we stayed up chatting well past… Read More
2021-01-04 12:00
It’s January 2021, and a happy new year to all! Considering the year we just had, it makes me wonder—are we even making resolutions this year?
Nicolas Tissot
I’v… Read More
2020-12-25 07:09
Some content creators are like Andrea and plan their gift guides months in advance, helping their communities see what’s on-trend for the holiday season so they can buy the best a… Read More
2020-10-23 15:15
And then all of a sudden, we were halfway through 2020 and I was getting ready to write a book.
Casey Palmer, Author — I didn’t see it coming, but I’ll take it!… Read More
2020-10-06 01:35
I was offered a media pass to cover Dad 2.0 Digital as an attendee, but all opinions continue to remain my own.
Eight months ago, plans were in the works to run a second Dad 2.0 conf… Read More
2020-09-28 11:00
“Get used to it, buddy—this probably won’t be your last one.”— Sarah to our six-year-old as a long swab’s inserted up his nostril to test for COVID-19… Read More
2020-09-22 11:00
It’s a lot easier to look back and see what one’s life’s been like in a pandemic so far than it is to figure out what’s coming ahead in such uncertain times. COV… Read More
2020-09-22 11:00
It’s a lot easier to look back and see what one’s life’s been like in a pandemic so far than it is to figure out what’s coming ahead in such uncertain times. COV… Read More
2020-09-20 05:05
This past Friday, Kat Dickson from the Toronto Bloggers Collective issued a challenge to our near-600 members to pick a draft from our blogs and turn it into a full-fledged blog post by the… Read More
2020-09-20 05:05
This past Friday, Kat Dickson from the Toronto Bloggers Collective issued a challenge to our near-600 members to pick a draft from our blogs and turn it into a full-fledged blog post by the… Read More
2020-09-11 11:00
With the start of the schoolyear afoot and an impossible decision on our hands, I found myself wondering how to write about the things we’ve discussed ad nauseam since the pandemic sta… Read More
2020-09-11 11:00
With the start of the schoolyear afoot and an impossible decision on our hands, I found myself wondering how to write about the things we’ve discussed ad nauseam since the pandemic sta… Read More
2020-09-11 11:00
Last updated on April 29th, 2021 at 10:32 pm
With the start of the schoolyear afoot and an impossible decision on our hands, I found myself wondering how to write about the things we’v… Read More
2020-07-20 17:08
Disclaimer: LG loaned me an LG gram 17″ Ultra-Light Laptop with Intel® Core™ i7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics for my review, but all views remain my own and it made for… Read More
2020-07-20 17:08
Disclaimer: LG loaned me an LG gram 17″ Ultra-Light Laptop with Intel® Core™ i7 Intel® Iris® Plus Graphics for my review, but all views remain my own and it made for… Read More
2020-06-19 11:00
Disclaimer: The team at Uncle Ray’s sent over a Ray’s Backyard Bud & BBQ Kit (minus the Bud) for the Palmers to review. But all thoughts and opinions remain my own, and when… Read More
2020-06-08 11:00
(Please find the full 5.7 MB version of the infographic for download here.)
So—while it’s good that more of us are getting on board with the #BlackLivesMatter movement, though we… Read More
2020-05-29 22:46
Yesterday, thanks to the advice from a friend to save my Instagram story to my profile, I came up with a new hashtag #BlackDadWorries that spells out how I feel in the face of all this death… Read More
2020-04-14 20:19
Question: can you make underwear so comfortable that it barely feels like you’re wearing underwear at all? That’s the question BN3TH hopes to answer!
I first got into upsca… Read More
2020-04-14 20:19
Last updated on March 27th, 2021 at 03:35 pm
Question: can you make underwear so comfortable that it barely feels like you’re wearing underwear at all? That’s the question B… Read More
2020-03-26 02:11
When you go to Dad 2, come bearing gifts!
The Dad 2.0 Summit is a different kind of conference. Sure, it has many of the moving parts that make a conference a conference, but they all c… Read More
2020-03-17 11:00
Last updated on April 29th, 2021 at 11:24 pm
If St. Patrick’s Day happens and everyone forgets that it’s St. Patrick’s Day, did it even really happen?
The funny thing ab… Read More
2020-03-17 11:00
If St. Patrick’s Day happens and everyone forgets that it’s St. Patrick’s Day, did it even really happen?
The funny thing about me forgetting about St. Patrick’s… Read More
2020-03-16 11:00
And so begins the first day of a strange and new normal.
Working from home isn’t entirely new to me—I’m fortunate enough to work for an organisation that values … Read More
2020-03-15 11:00
Day Two had me feeling a bit more like an outdoor cat trapped indoors, clawing away at the screen door for the world he thinks he’s supposed to be in.
The weekend’s over an… Read More
2020-03-14 11:00
It’s Day One, and things are still a little surreal. We still went forward with our plans, shopping for furniture and taking a leisurely lunch while our kids’ godmother looked af… Read More
2020-03-13 17:22
Is this what the world’s end looks like? Credit to André Proulx.
What do you even write about when the whole world’s burning down?
Multibillion-dollar sports empires endin… Read More
2020-02-20 12:00
Last updated on April 1st, 2021 at 01:43 am
Tokenism.
One of those things the Black community doesn’t talk about nearly enough, tokenism is what happens when someone’s in… Read More
2020-02-20 12:00
Tokenism.
One of those things the Black community doesn’t talk about nearly enough, tokenism is what happens when someone’s in a group where everyone else is completely unli… Read More
2020-02-11 12:00
Last updated on April 1st, 2021 at 01:48 am
“Why’s your skin so dark?”— an eight-year-old boy from small town Ontario at the Canadian National Comic Book Exposition… Read More
2020-02-11 12:00
“Why’s your skin so dark?”
— an eight-year-old boy from small town Ontario at the Canadian National Comic Book Exposition, 2003.
When a little White boy asked me why… Read More
2020-02-11 12:00
Last updated on March 30th, 2021 at 10:54 am
“Why’s your skin so dark?”— an eight-year-old boy from small town Ontario at the Canadian National Comic Book Exposition… Read More
2020-02-10 00:07
Last updated on April 8th, 2021 at 03:37 am
When I started this project, it had a straightforward premise—to let Black Canadians share their stories, seldom seen in our history books… Read More
2020-02-10 00:07
When I started this project, it had a straightforward premise—to let Black Canadians share their stories, seldom seen in our history books.
And that worked at first—interviewing… Read More
2020-02-05 18:36
Angry White Person: “Why isn’t there a White History Month???”
Me: “Because that’s ‘history class’.”
If you ask those who believe we live… Read More
2020-02-05 18:36
Last updated on January 24th, 2021 at 11:34 am
Angry White Person: “Why isn’t there a White History Month???”
Me: “Because that’s ‘history class&rsqu&hell…Read More
2020-02-01 12:00
“When we talk about black maybe
We talk about situations
Of people of color and because you are that color
You endure obstacles and opposition
And not all the time from… from ot… Read More
2020-01-30 20:24
January 29, 2020—we’re almost a month into the new year; I wouldn’t be surprised if people thought that I quit 😂
But no, as usual, it’s quite the opposite&mda&hell…Read More
2019-12-31 18:34
“Reality tells you what you can’t do.”
— Rick Rubin on HBO’s The Shop: Uninterrupted, Season 2, Episode 4
It’s the end of a decade, and I c… Read More
2019-09-06 12:00
Okay—before we get into the 14th annual CaribbeanTales International Film Festival, I’d like to go on the record with this:
Rattlesnakes may quite possibly be the best movie… Read More
2019-09-06 12:00
Okay—before we get into the 14th annual CaribbeanTales International Film Festival, I’d like to go on the record with this:
Rattlesnakes may quite possibly be the best movie… Read More
2019-08-14 11:00
“I’m not even trying to win—I just want to get by without struggling too much.”
— VV
As the great Marie Kondo put it, if something doesn’t bring… Read More
2019-08-14 11:00
Last updated on April 2nd, 2021 at 12:53 am
“I’m not even trying to win—I just want to get by without struggling too much.”— VV
As the great Marie… Read More
2019-07-15 11:00
Today I’m thirty-six. I’m thirty-six, and I blog in a world that doesn’t read blogs anymore.
And who can blame it? The written word only does so well at telling a… Read More
2019-07-09 13:53
A few Sundays back, Simon Guillebaud visited our church preaching the message of “radical grace”. You can listen to his sermon if you want to know more, but it breaks down to thi… Read More
2019-06-16 13:03
As a Dadfluencer who’s worked hard to tell a fatherhood story that stands on its own, Father’s Day is a time of year where a lot of people reach out to see what a Dad like me wou… Read More
2019-06-14 05:26
A system outage is one thing when you’re trying to binge a series or catch up on the latest episode.
But when it makes you miss out on a moment in Canadian history because th… Read More
2019-06-14 05:26
Last updated on March 30th, 2021 at 09:52 am
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
A system outage is one thing when you’re trying to binge a series or catch up on the latest epis… Read More
2019-06-11 20:49
Last Updated: November 4, 2020
People often forget about Father’s Day. You know—that day between Mother’s Day and summer where we celebrate dads with their ceremonial dress… Read More
2019-06-11 11:00
People often forget about Father’s Day. You know—that day between Mother’s Day and summer where we celebrate dads with their ceremonial dress shirts and ties.
Well…… Read More
2019-05-08 15:45
Trying to take on an issue as big as children’s mental health is can be daunting. It’s a problem uniquely affecting everyone who deals with it, which means there’s no one s… Read More
2019-05-08 11:00
So for anyone who doesn’t know it already, I’m one of the eleven digital ambassadors for Children’s Mental Health Ontario, doing what we can to shed light on children&rsquo&hell…Read More
2019-05-08 11:00
Last updated on March 29th, 2021 at 08:23 pm
So for anyone who doesn’t know it already, I’m one of the eleven digital ambassadors for Children’s Mental Health Ontario, doin… Read More
2019-05-08 11:00
Last updated on April 20th, 2021 at 11:51 pm
So for anyone who doesn’t know it already, I’m one of the eleven digital ambassadors for Children’s Mental Health Ontario, doin… Read More
2019-05-07 11:00
Children’s mental health’s about more than just the stats.
The People Behind the Numbers — Canada’s Children’s Mental Health Stories
While we do talk… Read More
2019-05-07 11:00
Last Updated: January 23, 2021
Children’s mental health’s about more than just the stats.
The People Behind the Numbers — Canada’s Children’s Mental… Read More
2019-05-06 11:00
Last updated on March 29th, 2021 at 11:46 am
Trying to take on an issue as big as children’s mental health is can be daunting. It’s a problem uniquely affecting everyone who… Read More
2019-05-06 00:28
Welcome to Children’s Mental Health Week 2019! I’ve partnered with Children’s Mental Health Ontario to spread the word not only about what they do but also why it’s s… Read More
2019-05-05 11:00
Last updated on March 29th, 2021 at 11:50 am
Welcome to Children’s Mental Health Week 2019! I’ve partnered with Children’s Mental Health Ontario to spread the word not only… Read More
2019-05-05 11:00
Last updated on April 20th, 2021 at 11:31 pm
Welcome to Children’s Mental Health Week 2019! I’ve partnered with Children’s Mental Health Ontario to spread the word not only… Read More
2019-04-18 11:00
As I hustle to consolidate my ideas in one place, I can’t help but look back on the year so far and how much I’ve accomplished in the process. I’ve had plenty of opportunit… Read More
2019-04-18 11:00
Last updated on March 29th, 2021 at 11:52 am
As I hustle to consolidate my ideas in one place, I can’t help but look back on the year so far and how much I’ve accomplished in the… Read More
2019-04-03 11:00
Last updated on March 30th, 2021 at 09:23 am
I know many bloggers who make their reputation in a specific genre based more on their interaction with people via Twitter and at parties than by… Read More
2019-04-03 11:00
I know many bloggers who make their reputation in a specific genre based more on their interaction with people via Twitter and at parties than by actually writing blog posts.
A friend who do… Read More
2019-03-18 03:00
One thing I’ve been particularly horrible at is learning to say “no”.
The Long Road to Becoming a Better Blogger
They say hindsight’s 20/20, and if my old report… Read More
2019-03-18 03:00
Last updated on March 21st, 2021 at 02:36 am
Table of contentsThe Long Road to Becoming a Better BloggerCasey Palmer, the Unconventional Blogger—How Can I Make This All Work?Can’… Read More
2019-03-07 12:00
Part of me knows that my kids have no idea of how good they’ve got it. Plenty of things they have today would seem like space-age technology when I was their age in the &rsqu&hell…Read More
2019-03-05 22:32
Whenever I worry I’m giving my boys a little too much screen time, I remember growing up on a generous diet of cartoons, comic books and video games—and I think everyth… Read More
2019-03-05 22:32
Last updated on January 24th, 2021 at 11:54 am
Whenever I worry I’m giving my boys a little too much screen time, I remember growing up on a generous diet of cartoons, comic books… Read More
2019-03-05 22:01
In Chatting with Casey #17, I sit with Nelson Caetano, Toronto artist, husband and father to chat about our shared histories as comic book fans and creators and his upcoming project&nbs&hell…Read More
2019-03-01 12:00
Staying on my me ████, but hated on by both sides
I’m just a kid who blowing up with my father’s name
And every black “you’re not black enough… Read More
2019-02-23 05:43
In the midst of interviewing all these guests for Live from the 3.5, I get to bounce bits of my story off of theirs, but I never really get to dive into my story itself… Read More
2019-02-20 06:34
In Live from the 3.5’s third chapter for 2019, we examine the question “Where are you from?”—one that every Canadian person of colour’s been asked at one point… Read More
2019-02-04 04:37
In 2019’s Live from the 3.5 Episode 1, we chat with Asante Haughton, Dad, Black Canadian, and mental health advocate about his views on Blackness and some things we can do to &hell…Read More
2019-02-03 12:00
“You think we all Jamaican, when nuff man are Trinis
Bajans, Grenadians and a hole heap of Haitians
Guyanese and all of the West Indies combined
To make the T dot O dot, one of a kind… Read More
2019-02-03 12:00
Last updated on March 29th, 2021 at 11:14 am
It took a long time for me to understand that all Black Canadians don’t act like Jamaicans do. Yes, we might make up a good chunk… Read More
2019-02-02 12:00
We don’t talk a lot about Black Canadian history, and that’s probably because so much of it was so horrible.
We had segregation. Just look at Viola Desmond, convicted after… Read More
2019-02-01 12:00
“Am I Black enough?”
Blackness — More than just Melanin
Those who’ve followed my podcast Chatting with Casey from its very first episode know that this isn&rsquo&hell…Read More
2019-02-01 12:00
“Am I Black enough?”
Blackness — More than just Melanin
Those who’ve followed my podcast Chatting with Casey from its very first episode know that this isn&rsquo&hell…Read More
2019-01-31 12:00
Black culture is unique—one of the few cultures thrust upon a people and not developed by them. A Jamaican is not a Gambian is not an Australian Aborigine. We’ve got tr… Read More
2019-01-31 12:00
Black culture is unique—one of the few cultures thrust upon a people and not developed by them. A Jamaican is not a Gambian is not an Australian Aborigine. We’ve got tr… Read More
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