ALiGN: Alternative Global Network Media Lab

Thursday, January 20, 2022

The Diary of a Pandemic Student

Editor’s note: What happens when an international student, thanks to the travel restrictions associated with Covid-19, suddenly finds themselves trapped in their host country? Here’s one student’s experience. By Rachael Ibeh In 2017, I migrated from... More

Editor’s note: What happens when an international student, thanks to the travel restrictions associated with Covid-19, suddenly finds themselves trapped in their host country? Here’s one student’s experience. By Rachael Ibeh In 2017, I migrated from Nigeria to Canada for my University education. I had just turned 17 at that time, and it... More

Thursday, June 10, 2021

[Millennials’ Voices] Issue 7: Reimagine Race

By Ghadah Alrasheed Introduction Many would argue that McLuhan’s main legacy culminates in his prophecy about the “global village” and anticipation of the internet. In popular usage, the global village has become... More

By Ghadah Alrasheed Introduction Many would argue that McLuhan’s main legacy culminates in his prophecy about the “global village” and anticipation of the internet. In popular usage, the global village has become connotative of a techno-utopian vision, suggesting peace and harmony enabled by electronic communications. It has also raised... More

Thursday, June 10, 2021

[Millennials’ Voices] Digital Painting: “bad day”

. By Heather McLaughlin This piece, entitled, bad day, is based on the work on Vivek Shraya’s 2018 book, I’m Afraid of Men. The book details Shraya’s experience as a transwoman of... More

. By Heather McLaughlin This piece, entitled, bad day, is based on the work on Vivek Shraya’s 2018 book, I’m Afraid of Men. The book details Shraya’s experience as a transwoman of colour as she navigates a Eurocentric world of surveillance, internalized and externalized forms of misogyny, culminating in her fear of men and... More

Thursday, June 10, 2021

[Millennials’ Voices] Poem: Do we Really have Artistic Vision?

By Grace Perkunder Lines are scribbled on a canvas Illustrating the page With colours and shapes A finished piece It is colourful and abstract It appeals to the eyes I squint... More

By Grace Perkunder Lines are scribbled on a canvas Illustrating the page With colours and shapes A finished piece It is colourful and abstract It appeals to the eyes I squint my eyes and try to write a story in my mind about it But it doesn’t answer questions Or ask them... More

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Thursday, June 10, 2021

[Millennials’ Voices] Poem: Hashtag Concrete

By Tyreike Reid Hashtag Concrete The only thing stronger than the bullets hitting the floor Maybe if my skin was made of concrete I wouldn’t have to fight Maybe if my bones were made of concrete I wouldn’t have to run Crawl... More

By Tyreike Reid Hashtag Concrete The only thing stronger than the bullets hitting the floor Maybe if my skin was made of concrete I wouldn’t have to fight Maybe if my bones were made of concrete I wouldn’t have to run Crawl into tiny spaces where I am rejected Filling rooms that do... More