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Monday, November 16, 2020

“COVID-19 has removed the national boundaries: No matter if you are Chinese or Canadian, the virus treats everyone equally”

By Rui Wang Since the coronavirus hit Canada, the education system is experiencing a large-scale transformation, from... More

By Rui Wang Since the coronavirus hit Canada, the education system is experiencing a large-scale transformation, from in-class to online learning. COVID-19 has also transformed the student experience, from how we play, to how we learn. Everyone is forced to keep social distance by self-isolating at home. As the university closed the physical campuses... More

Friday, November 6, 2020

“I am essentially an invisible queer person” LGBTQ+ vs. Cishet Gaydars

By Bianca McNaughton Queer people have a vastly different lived experience and view on others and the world than their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts. I am a queer woman and I have... More

By Bianca McNaughton Queer people have a vastly different lived experience and view on others and the world than their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts. I am a queer woman and I have seen how my experience differs from that of my straight peers on many occasions. This can be in social, educational, or professional... More

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. 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