Archives: Special Issues

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

[Millennials’ Voices] Issue 10: Empowerment through Adversity: Journeys of Self-Discovery in Challenging Times

INTRODUCTION by Kathy Dobson In this special issue, we present a collection of deeply personal essays that share the common theme of self-discovery and empowerment amidst challenging circumstances. In these four articles, we learn about the transformative journeys of four students who grappled with some of life’s biggest challenges, including... More

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

A Completely Unremarkable Essay

By Sadie Lourie Weise I resent being a pleasure to have in class. In elementary school, parent-teacher interviews were plagued with this saying. But I always believed it was a sickly sweet, flowery way to say completely unremarkable. For the first ten years of my education, I resided in the blind spots of my... More

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

One of the “lucky” ones: The silent struggle faced by the graduating class of 2023

By Emma Cole The whole thing feels sort of like a dream now. What were once freshly laid floor stickers measured exactly six feet apart are now nothing but scraps of sticky residue, the words “STAY APART” no longer legible. Every once in a while, I’ll see a blue surgical mask abandoned on the... More

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

I was always an anxious person but being locked inside all day sleeping made my anxiety skyrocket

By Jack Drummond Depending on what student you ask you may hear that COVID-19 was a benefit to them and their studies while others may claim it was a negative through and through. I sit somewhere in the middle of this spectrum and assume most other students do as well. COVID impacted everyone in... More

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

My Hijab, My Choice

by Mauhiba Mollah Every morning, I stand in front of my closet. I open my dresser drawer. My eyes are met with garments of all manner of colours and fabrics – rectangle clothes of forest green jersey, black satin, teal-blue cotton, and cream chiffon. Each day, I carefully choose one to wrap around my... More

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

[Millennials’ Voices] Issue 9: Activism, Slacktivism, and the Millennials

INTRODUCTION by Merlyna Lim Is social media activism merely slacktivism? Are the millennials largely slacktivist? What do millennials think about social media activism? Undoubtedly, social media has revolutionized communication between individuals, brand-consumer interactions, and the way people receive news and information. However, the impact of... More

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Activism and Social Media – Are We Really Making a Change?

by: Vanessa Stirling It’s a Monday afternoon, you’re scrolling through your Facebook timeline trying to find that one cooking video to send to your friend. When a photo pops up of the damage the California wildfires caused. A well-known celebrity you follow urges you to like or share the photo in order to bring... More

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

More than a Hashtag: The #MeToo Movement is 10 years in the Making

by Sable Frey Social media movements don’t begin with a hashtag. Social media movements begin before the hashtag goes viral, and even before it’s typed. They begin in offline spaces, in the everyday lives and experiences of human beings. Social media movements are rooted in social and political activism, and the need to speak... More

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

From Slacktivism Back to Activism: How Social Media is Making A Comeback

by: Carley Hutchinson Have you ever tweeted about #MeToo? Maybe you’ve shared a friend’s post about Black Lives Matter? If you have, congratulations - you’re an activist.But, some naysayers like Mark Drumbl would like to call you a slacktivist (Drumbl, 2012). And although minimal effort activism is still alive and well, it is hard... More

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Who Does Online Activism Actually Benefit? Hint: It’s You!

by: Riley Cooper Do you ever randomly remember an embarrassing moment from your past and feel every fibre of your being cringe at the memory? This is how I feel when I think about how my classmates and I reacted to the Kony 2012 movement. To say I knew little on the subject would... More

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Is slacktivism the new millennial of social movements?

by: Cassandra Bates Did we really think we could change the world with just one tweet? OF COURSE! We’re millennials. “Millennials are difficult, entitled, and spoiled” – Baby Boomers. Yes, millennials have their flaws associated with them, especially when it comes to taking action. But what generation doesn’t? Just like the millennials,... More

Thursday, February 24, 2022

[Millennials’ Voices] Issue 8: By Gen Z for Gen Z

By Ghadah Alrasheed Introduction If you ask anyone what defines Generation Z, their instant response would be probably “social media”. Words such as “digital-savvy” emerged to describe millennials’ use of new media but things with Generation Z seem to have shifted to another level of digital use and consumption. And this is not strange... More

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