ALiGN: Alternative Global Network Media Lab

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Podcast: How COVID-19 Impacted me as A Chinese International Student in Canada

What was it like to be a Chinese international student when COVID-19 broke out? Mozzi Li, a Chinese student in Canada, shares her experience of racism and her crippling fear of being... More

What was it like to be a Chinese international student when COVID-19 broke out? Mozzi Li, a Chinese student in Canada, shares her experience of racism and her crippling fear of being targeted amid rising anti-Asian sentiments. Click to listen to "How COVID-19 impacted me as a Chinese international-student in Canada": Mozzi Li is... More

Sunday, October 4, 2020

The Not-So-Intersectional Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Molly Dawe While most folks seem eager to sing praise about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I think we need to temper our uncritical love and admiration with a few historical truths about our feminist icon.... More

By Molly Dawe While most folks seem eager to sing praise about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, I think we need to temper our uncritical love and admiration with a few historical truths about our feminist icon. Have we already forgotten that she called Colin Kaepernick’s protest “dumb and disrespectful” or that she voted in favor... More

Sunday, October 4, 2020

Podcast: The world blames COVID on young people – But “If we had the option to sit on our asses, we damn well would”

Calista Davis is a university student with two minimum wage jobs and an immense amount of debt. In this podcast, she... More

Calista Davis is a university student with two minimum wage jobs and an immense amount of debt. In this podcast, she speaks about her experience surviving through COVID_19. When the world has pointed the finger at the people in their twenties for spreading the disease, young people such as Calista have actually had no... More

Sunday, September 27, 2020

We are the Children of the Sun

by Carolyn Ramzy To Nadim, my little Egyptian-American-Canadian boy, I write this to you in the year an officer stepped on George Floyd’s neck for 8:43 minutes and murdered him. After hearing the news, you turned to me and asked: “Will an officer stand on... More

by Carolyn Ramzy To Nadim, my little Egyptian-American-Canadian boy, I write this to you in the year an officer stepped on George Floyd’s neck for 8:43 minutes and murdered him. After hearing the news, you turned to me and asked: “Will an officer stand on my neck because I am brown?” At six, it... More

Saturday, September 26, 2020

Podcast: COVID-19 Attacks Educational Institutions

Following Covid-19, post-secondary institutions have found themselves in a race to adapt to COVID's rippling impact through their educational systems. The new changes have induced many uncertainties... More

Following Covid-19, post-secondary institutions have found themselves in a race to adapt to COVID's rippling impact through their educational systems. The new changes have induced many uncertainties and challenges for students. Through her position as the VP Community Engagement for CUSA at Carleton University, Morgan Mckeen shares in this podcast an... More