Paula Simons

Where this writer stands

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Recent work

• ‘Defeat These Questions’: A Senator’s Fiery Rebuke to the UCP ReferendumOpinion · The Tyee · Oct 12, 2026
• Paula Simons: All the dirt on why soil matters so much — and why it's at riskOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Dec 5, 2024
• Paula Simons: The Senate has no authority to block legislation it merely dislikesOpinion · National Post · Jun 6, 2024
• Paula Simons: 100 years after the Chinese Exclusion Act, let's learn from historyOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jun 30, 2023
• Paula Simons: 100 years after the Chinese Exclusion Act, let's learn from historyOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jun 29, 2023
• Simons: Will University of Ottawa save Alberta's historic Campus Saint-Jean?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Sep 10, 2020
• Simons: Will University of Ottawa save Alberta's historic Campus Saint-Jean?Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Sep 10, 2020
• Simons: Will University of Ottawa save Alberta's historic Campus Saint-Jean?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Sep 10, 2020
• Simons: Will University of Ottawa save Alberta's historic Campus Saint-Jean?Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Sep 10, 2020
• Paula Simons: I've been traded to the senators. But I'll always cheer for EdmontonOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Oct 5, 2018
• Paula Simons: A Yellowknife man called RCMP to report a rape. They arrested the victimOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Aug 29, 2018
• Paula Simons: A Yellowknife man called RCMP to report a rape. They arrested the victimOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 29, 2018
• Paula Simons: Conservative rejection of birthright citizenship is the real threat to Canadian identityOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 27, 2018
• Paula Simons: Conservative rejection of birthright citizenship is the real threat to Canadian identityOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Aug 27, 2018
• Paula Simons: Privacy commissioner's investigation brings us face-to-face with our technology fearsOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Aug 6, 2018
• Paula Simons: Privacy commissioner's investigation brings us face-to-face with our technology fearsOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Aug 6, 2018
• Paula Simons: Privacy commissioner's investigation brings us face-to-face with our technology fearsOpinion · Calgary Herald · Aug 6, 2018
• Paula Simons: Privacy commissioner's investigation brings us face-to-face with our technology fearsOpinion · Calgary Herald · Aug 6, 2018
• Paula Simons: American tweet prompts Canadian love-in for public health careOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Aug 1, 2018
• Paula Simons: American tweet prompts Canadian love-in for public health careOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 1, 2018
• Paula Simons: American tweet prompts Canadian love-in for public health careOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 1, 2018
• Paula Simons: 'Hope and joy' as Alphonso Davies, the pride of Edmonton, makes soccer historyOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jul 27, 2018
• Paula Simons: New Misericordia ER a stop-gap tourniquet to staunch a crisisOpinion · Calgary Herald · Jul 23, 2018
• Paula Simons: New Misericordia ER a stop-gap tourniquet to staunch a crisisOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jul 23, 2018
• Paula Simons: New Misericordia ER a stop-gap tourniquet to staunch a crisisOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jul 23, 2018
• Paula Simons: New Misericordia ER a stop-gap tourniquet to staunch a crisisOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jul 23, 2018
• Paula Simons: Risk and rewards at revolutionary Borden Park Natural PoolOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jul 9, 2018
• Jasper environmental activist and Holocaust denier on trial in Munich for inciting hateOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jul 6, 2018
• Paula Simons: From social justice warrior to Holocaust-denying hate-mongerOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jul 6, 2018
• Paula Simons: Simultaneous makeovers on Jasper Avenue, Stony Plain Road, a recipe for traffic chaosOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jul 4, 2018
• Paula Simons: Bad seed: The mystery of Alberta's rogue GMO wheat puts our reputation at riskOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jun 22, 2018
• Paula Simons: Confronting Alberta's class-size crunch demands CSI detective workOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jun 18, 2018
• Paula Simons: Americans lose that loving feeling for Canada in latest pollOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jun 13, 2018
• Paula Simons: Superlab parkade plan like kryptonite for city councillorsOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jun 11, 2018
• Paula Simons: B.C.'s new speculation tax leaves Albertans feeling the squeezeOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 1, 2018
• Paula Simons: B.C.'s new speculation tax leaves Albertans feeling the squeezeOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jun 1, 2018
• Paula Simons: B.C.'s new speculation tax leaves Albertans feeling the squeezeOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 1, 2018
• Paula Simons: Carol Lee Bivand died in remand, a day after a doctor deemed her unfit to stand trial. We should all be asking whyOpinion · Edmonton Journal · May 30, 2018
• Paula Simons: Police Chief Rod Knecht deserved better than clumsy dismissalOpinion · Edmonton Journal · May 24, 2018
• Paula Simons: NIMBY neighbours vow to block camp for former foster kids in Sturgeon CountyOpinion · Edmonton Journal · May 23, 2018
• Paula Simons: Downtown Edmonton quiet as Winnipeg throws our playoff partyOpinion · Edmonton Journal · May 15, 2018
• Paula Simons: City's rosy job posting boasts of an Edmonton without racism, povertyOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Apr 24, 2018
• Paula Simons: Wrong lights in the wrong place couldn't save Chloe WiwcharOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Apr 18, 2018
• Simons: Jason Kenney and UCP run but cannot hide from abortion bubble zone debateOpinion · Calgary Herald · Apr 10, 2018
• Paula Simons: Jason Kenney and United Conservative Party run but cannot hide from abortion bubble zone debateOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Apr 10, 2018
• Paula Simons: Jason Kenney and United Conservative Party run but cannot hide from abortion bubble zone debateOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Apr 10, 2018
• Paula Simons: New appeal court Justice Ritu Khullar a reluctant role modelOpinion · Calgary Herald · Apr 2, 2018
• Paula Simons: New appeal court Justice Ritu Khullar a reluctant role modelOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Apr 2, 2018
• Paula Simons: A new feeling of pride at the university that once fired gay instructorOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 30, 2018
• Paula Simons: A new feeling of pride at the university that once fired gay instructorOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 29, 2018
• Simons: No sound, no fury in child intervention panel reportOpinion · Calgary Herald · Mar 28, 2018
• Paula Simons: No sound, no fury in child intervention panel reportOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 28, 2018
• Paula Simons: Cabinet minister's attack raises fear University of Alberta 'going to be punished'Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 21, 2018
• Paula Simons: Stop the gondolas — I want to get off!Opinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 14, 2018
• Paula Simons: Doug Ford's upset victory the latest example of the chaos model of leadershipOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Mar 13, 2018
• Paula Simons: Doug Ford's upset victory the latest example of the chaos model of leadershipOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 13, 2018
• Paula Simons: Doug Ford's upset victory the latest example of the chaos model of leadershipOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Mar 13, 2018
• Paula Simons: Doug Ford's upset victory the latest example of the chaos model of leadershipOpinion · Calgary Herald · Mar 13, 2018
• Paula Simons: 'Baby steps': Edmonton's proposed new suicide prevention strategy step in right directionOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 12, 2018
• Paula Simons: 'Baby steps': Edmonton's proposed new suicide prevention strategy step in right directionOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Mar 12, 2018