I’m prone to reflection whenever I leave my Northern home of origin. My adoptive home is in the Washington, DC area, where I’m the Director of Human Resources at Tahzoo. Waiting at the gate in the Ottawa airport after spending the holidays with my family in Canada, I ordered a nice big cup of steeped tea from Tim Hortons (Canada’s famous coffee-and-doughnut shop, named after the hockey player who founded it). The cup was decorated with polar bears in a pretty....