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Monday, November 16, 2020
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... More
Sunday, October 4, 2020
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
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
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
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... More
Friday, September 25, 2020
By Ghadah Alrasheed “If there are people who still believe we don’t belong here, who doesn’t like ice cream”? Layla, a journalist and newcomer from Aleppo, embarks on making booza, an Arabic type of ice cream, to support her family and overcome the hostility they face from the conservative community of Red River... More
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Over the past two months, demonstrations have gripped the streets of Portland in outrage over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd. The demonstrations have intensified after federal law enforcement officers were dispatched to halt the protests. Sid Boegman in this podcast looks at state violncee against the protestors in Portland and... More
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
By: Kathy Dobson Tori Almond recently had a critically important conversation with her three young sons, a conversation that parents of white children will never have to have. Tori talked to her boys about how to avoid getting killed by the police just because of their skin colour. “My biggest fear is that I... More
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
By Kathy Dobson Seth didn’t always hate his job. The first couple of years he often enjoyed his work as a grocery store clerk, mostly because of the other staff. “I work with a great crew of people, and that makes everything easier, liking the people you work with. Some of the hardest parts... More
By Kathy Dobson Brenna and Carey have been working at a local major chain store for the past three years. Brenna is a fulltime student at Carleton University, but tries to work as many hours each week as possible. Carey works fulltime but wishes she could afford to work less hours each week as... More
Thursday, June 4, 2020
By Carmen Warner Imagine that you are shopping in Walmart with your two young children in a stroller. Imagine you buy $90 worth of electronics from the electronics department. The cashier then tells you that you must check out your produce items at a different check out because they have to be weighed. No... More
Saturday, May 30, 2020
By Terre Chartrand I have too often backed down out of my own fragility, my own desire for self preservation in sharing and talking about racist violence. My family is a gorgeous blend of shades and races that run from pale Northern European to Indigenous to Black. I used to think it was enough... More
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