Lane Changer - Celia Chandler, shoulder-checker — Celia Chandler, Writer This year, I was honoured to interview 25 lane changers. Last Sunday, I brunched with a handful of them. You can thank or blame them for today’s post because they encouraged me to write about my own l...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Celia Chandler, shoulder-checker

A few reflections on my own lane changing

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Baggage vs Memento - crossing lanes with you — Celia Chandler, Writer I remember when I bought it for him. CBC sold branded merch in their HQ on Front Street and by then, Radio 1 was on not just in our house, but also kept Jack company as drove to fix fridges and assess...

NEW CONTENT: Baggage vs Memento - crossing lanes with you
Inspired by the #nuitblanche event at Crossroads Theatre in Weston!
Photo credit: Samantha Hurley.
with thanks to Michelle Urbano.
#LaneChanger #LaneChange

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Lane Changer - Louise Ells, a caregiver straddling two lanes  — Celia Chandler, Writer “Omigod, you’re a Lane Changer!” I exclaimed while catching up with writer Louise Ells at the 2025 Eden Mills Writers’ Festival. “Would you … do you think you could let me write your profile?” Her int...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Louise Ells, a caregiver straddling two lanes

#LaneChange #LaneChanger #newlife #transition

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Missed reading this morning's profile of Rosemary Sadlier? Worry not -- I can read it to you!

#LaneChange #LaneChanger

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Lane Changer - Rosemary Sadlier, destination? social change — Celia Chandler, Writer Rosemary Sadlier’s lane crossed mine because she volunteers her time interviewing candidates for the Diversity Scholarship program offered at the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto where I wor...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Rosemary Sadlier, destination? social change

Curious about Rosemary Sadlier Champion of Black History Month, give this profile a read. She's got an impressive story!

#lifechanges #LaneChange #LaneChanger

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Curious about this Sunday's lane changer?

Stay tuned -- it's Rosemary Sadlier, Champion of Black History Month!

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Lane Changer - Liz Kaufman, embracing life back on a two-lane highway — Celia Chandler, Writer Knowing someone since teenage-hood gives you a shoulder-side view of their lane on life’s highway. Liz is one of those who emerged from the womb 60 years ago this month with no need for a GPS. With a ...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Liz Kaufman, embracing life back on a two-lane highway

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Lane Changing Rings — Celia Chandler, Writer “I didn’t know you were so sentimental,” a friend said after I showed her my new ring and explained the story. “I’m not,” anxious not to blow my cover as the stoic one. “This is less about preserving...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changing Rings

Click the link below to learn how I repurposed the meaningful gold of my wedding rings to create something that reflects my current life.

#newlife #transformation #LaneChanger #LaneChange

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Missed yesterday's lane changer profile? No problem - I'll read it to you!

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Lane Changer — Veronika Tursik, in a new lane and behind the wheel for the first time! — Celia Chandler, Writer Veronika Tursik lives in a very small hamlet outside Stratford, Ontario. It’s the land of the vehicle so being a non-driver there and working a 35 minute drive away meant that Veronika relied on her h...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer — Veronika Tursik, in a new lane and behind the wheel for the first time!

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#LaneChanger #LaneChange #reinvention #newlife #HappyChange

Intention-Driven Lane Change System Boosts Autonomous Vehicle Safety

An AI framework that classifies driver styles and computes a cooperation score improves lane‑change safety, achieving 94.2% accuracy and 94.3% F1‑score. Read more: getnews.me/intention-driven-lane-ch... #autonomousvehicles #lanechange

Intention‑Driven Lane Change Framework Boosts AV Cooperation

A new AV lane‑change framework classifies driver styles with 94.2% accuracy and achieves a 94.3% F1‑score, a 4‑15% improvement over prior methods in spotting lane‑change opportunities. getnews.me/intention-driven-lane-ch... #autonomousvehicles #lanechange

Lane Changer — Faren Bogach, the fast lanes of lawyering — Celia Chandler, Writer Faren Bogach’s lane-leap from equity partner in a 100+ lawyer Toronto firm to start her own construction law firm as a 39 year old mother of three is nearly unheard of. Lawyers are paid to spot risk a...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer — Faren Bogach, the fast lanes of lawyering

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#DTS
Waymo data + LSTM expose lane-change intent: adding Vehicle Operating Space lifts accuracy and recall.🛣️🚙
Details: www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/DTS...
#vehiclegram #lstm #vehicledesign #lanechange #intent

Physics‑Informed AI Boosts Three‑Class Highway Lane‑Change Prediction

A physics‑informed AI framework using LightGBM predicts lane‑change intent with up to 99.8% accuracy at a one‑second horizon on the highD highway dataset. Read more: getnews.me/physics-informed-ai-boos... #lanechange #physicsai #lightgbm

My mother would have loved the Bereavement Authority of Ontario republished my article about her decision to die with medical assistance. I promised I'd continue to make people aware of how MAiD works.
Click below. Story at pg 14.
thebao.ca/issue-13/
#dyingwithdignity #LaneChange #LaneChanger

Lane Changer - Elana Harte, Changing lanes on the “Being of Service” Highway — Celia Chandler, Writer If you’re in the co-op housing sector, you’ll know Elana Harte, the Executive Director of the Central Ontario Co-operative Housing Federation (COCHF). But wait, you ask, is that the Elana Harte whose ...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Elana Harte, Changing lanes on the “Being of Service” Highway

Want to know more about @elanaharte.bsky.social from COCHF and Sling Sisters? Read on!

#singingcooper #LaneChange #LaneChanger #coophousing

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Lane Changer - Valerie Groves, when the lane is bordered by perennials and pollinators — Celia Chandler, Writer KIC Gardening Services appears as regularly in my Facebook feed now as its work does in the parks and yards of my Weston Neighbourhood. Its founder, Valerie Groves, is a neighbour too and so it was a ...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Valerie Groves, when the lane is bordered by perennials and pollinators

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #newlife #transformation #reinvention #gardening #pollinatorgarden

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Lane Changer - Judy Holm, from runways to red carpets to the halls of academe — Celia Chandler, Writer lanechanger

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Judy Holm, from runways to red carpets to the halls of academe
Read the story of recent creative writing MFA grad!
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Lane Changer - Carolyn Whitzman, lanes inspired by mother and grandmother — Celia Chandler, Writer Carolyn Whitzman and I could have been friends when our respective careers began at the City of Toronto. Instead, it’s only now, 35 years later, that we’ve met, both working as we do in housing. We ha...

Lane Changer - Carolyn Whitzman, lanes inspired by mother and grandmother

If you work in housing, you'll know her name for shining light on the crisis. Housing's not her first career though. Read on!

#lanechanger #lanechange #reinvention #housingcrisis

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Curious about @cwhitzman.bsky.social's path to becoming a leading housing consultant in Canada?

Wait for my #LaneChanger profile this Sunday!

#lanechange #reinvention #housing

Lane Changer - Marya Williams, when life’s lanes bring you full circle — Celia Chandler, Writer Thirty-five years ago, pre-teen Marya moved with her family to a house on King Street in my community of Weston. After high school and a college hospitality and tourism program, she fled town for the ...

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Check out my latest lane changer profile!

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #reinvention #entrepreneur #yogi #weston #westonvillage

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Lane Changer - Karly Wilson, waiting aside life’s highway for the next lane — Celia Chandler, Writer Seven years ago, when I interviewed Karly Wilson to article with me at Iler Campbell, I had a feeling we were going to hit it off. Not just a fellow UVIC law grad, but someone smart, with a sense of h...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Karly Wilson, waiting aside life’s highway for the next lane
#LaneChange #LaneChanger #transition #reinvention

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Lane Changer - Faiv Noelle, solo on a global highway — Celia Chandler, Writer Thirty-four year old Faiv Noelle has made one heck of a solo lane change. I know about it only because I took an interest in a service provider who shares my aesthetic. You see, Faiv designed my custo...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Faiv Noelle, solo on a global highway

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Lane Changer - Sybil Chandler (1928-2025), proud to find life’s off-ramp — Celia Chandler, Writer Mom’s lane change story is the one she was proudest of: exercising her right to a medically assisted death (MAiD) on August 3, 2025.

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Sybil Chandler (1928-2025), proud to find life’s off-ramp

A day of mixed emotions as Mom chose to die with medical assistance at age 97. Pride & admiration are the prevailing ones.

#MAiD #assisteddeath #LaneChange #LaneChanger

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Lane Changer - Michelle Simmons, straddling two lanes in her mid-40s  — Celia Chandler, Writer Michelle Simmons crossed my radar when she spoke to the Aging in Place Committee at the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto, where I work. She talked about the links between aging and compromis...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Michelle Simmons, straddling two lanes in her mid-40s

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #transition #reinvention

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Lane Changer - Jessica Waraich, changing lanes on the career on-ramp — Celia Chandler, Writer Jessica came into my life a decade ago as the then-girlfriend of Jack’s son. Still in her late teens, she was studying to be a health care professional. Much has happened since. Jess’s story is about ...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Jessica Waraich, changing lanes on the career on-ramp

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #CareerStart #changeearly #transition

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Lane Changer - Emma Simpson, from taxiway to writing terminal — Celia Chandler, Writer Bet you don’t know an air traffic controller turned writer. I certainly didn’t until Emma Simpson and I met at the Ireland Writers Retreat in June 2024. When I conceived of this lane changer series, i...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Emma Simpson, from taxiway to writing terminal

Memoirists, take note - it is possible. Emma's first book came out earlier this year!

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #Reinvention #transformation #newlife

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Lane Changer - Jennifer, crossing lanes from Phuket to pup-minder — Celia Chandler, Writer Funny how you make friends. After Jack died, I was draining all my income on doggie day care. Having someone come to give my girls a midday pee-break seemed a better idea. Jennifer was that person. Fo...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Jennifer, crossing lanes from Phuket to pup-minder

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #reinvention #transition #makeachange

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Lane Changer - Pam Hudak, living on a multi-lane highway — Celia Chandler, Writer They are lane changers and there are Lane Changers. My friend, Pam Hudak, is definitely the latter. Pam compares navigating her four decades of adulthood to being on the multilane highway she was rec...

NEW CONTENT: Lane Changer - Pam Hudak, living on a multi-lane highway

#LaneChanger #LaneChange #reinvention #newlife

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