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Six years after his passing the legacy of author Harold Heft lives on

I still get a bit teary-eyed when I think about my old friend Harold Heft, whose life ended way too prematurely in 2015 at the age of 50 from a brain tumour. Harold grew up around the block from me in Côte Saint-Luc. We shared a love for writing and sports. Even after he moved to Toronto, where he married his soulmate Suzanne, we kept in touch. Harold became a very prolific writer, penning his own book and often gracing the pages of different newspapers. He also carved a successful career for himself as a fundraiser in the health sector. Suzanne and I connected via Zoom last week. She told me that while her husband was in treatment for the brain cancer, he had started to work on a new literary project. “Harold, a writer all his life, now with a brain tumour located in the part of the brain that controls all communication function, was, at that time, unable to read, write or type,” she said. “But he imagined a collection of non-fiction real-life stories about ever

Opinion: Finding a Sense of Belonging as a Woman in STEM

  MONTREAL As a woman pursuing a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) related field, you are often made to believe you do not belong. This feeling is remarkably common amongst women all around the world. Engineering was never my first choice. To me, an engineer was a man, tools were better wielded by men, the only builders I met were men, and all I knew was that I was not one, so I never thought to pursue it as a career. I chose to study commerce in CEGEP, but I did not have a passion for it. In my last year, I met the student recruitment officer for the Gina Cody School, and to my surprise, she said that I could make the switch to engineering.

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