Special Issues
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Becoming Migration Researchers: Disquieting Borders with Auto-Ethnography
An introduction to “Migration Stories” by Laura Bisaillon What do five Canadian women with kinship ties to Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Vietnam have …
From Vietnam to Canada: Exploring through Photographs, Footprints and Fingertips
In July 2017, my family and I returned to Vietnam, thirteen years after our last visit. Duong Bui, my father, took my younger brother, Allan, …
Language Past, Present and Future: Being Memon, Expressing Life in Kutchi
In this paper, I highlight the significance of language as a key feature supporting cultural and community practices. Starting with my ethnic community, Memon, and …
Millennials’ Voices
[Post/Millennials’ Voices] Issue 12 – The Lucid Prisoner: Essays on Digital Dystopia
Introduction Prisoner and dystopia. Yes, you read the words correctly. What a combo! Some of you will quickly comment, “What a gloomy collection!” And you …
Independent Digital Archive [IDA]. TSI Tkaronto Autonomous Region Branch. File Number 5639, Political Collections.
Archivist’s note: This manifesto was disseminated worldwide by the Peoples’ Network using hijacked household AI assistants and other private devices on October 5th, 2071. Immediately …
The Networked Cage: Life, Power, and Illusion in 2075
From Utopian Dreams to Dystopian Reality Life feels both frighteningly different and oddly familiar in the year 2075. The digital world has become so vast …
Graduates’ Waves
The Future of Food looks a lot like Amazon: But is it the Future We Want?
by Carly Livingstone Amazon is adding a lot of options to our grocery shopping experience, and in ways that might make us want to think …
There’s No Plan(et) B – It’s Time to Wake Up and Change
by Anna Hum 11 years. That’s the amount of time that we have left according to the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) …
The Other Side: A Brief Look at the Impact of Globalization on Jamaican Culture
Jamaica’s development and national identity have been influenced by various cultures throughout history. Growing up, I was fascinated by the language, food, and the general …