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      Glenn Deir - Freelance contributor | CBC Loaded

      Glenn Deir

      Freelance contributor

      Glenn Deir is a retired CBC journalist and author. His memoir, Sick Joke: Cancer, Japan and Back Again, was shortlisted for the Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards.

        Latest from Glenn Deir

        First Person

        All I want for Christmas is to eat solid food: A throat cancer patient's wish

        After Glenn Deir's surgery this summer, he lost the ability to chew and swallow food. As his recovery proceeds, his culinary world is opening up far beyond the liquid supplements that have kept him alive.
        Canada -Nfld. & Labrador |December 23, 2023
        First Person

        Doctors couldn't operate on my tumour, but this robot did — and it may have saved my life

        Glenn Deir has special thanks for the robot who operated on his tonsil cancer.
        Canada -Nfld. & Labrador |August 27, 2023

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