I-lluminate

Sunday, September 1, 2019

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 in common? Quite a lot, as it turns out. In this special collection, contemporary experiences with human movement and circulation across borders, both material and conceptual, are... More

Sunday, September 1, 2019

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, and I to visit his childhood home. He lived there from birth until he escaped Vietnam after the Vietnam War. Like many others, he became a refugee and made his way to Canada, in search of better... More

Sunday, September 1, 2019

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 the language we speak, Kutchi, I argue that it is important for us to find ways to preserve. Currently, it is only an oral language. Without an official script, I am concerned that this... More

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Millennials’ Voices

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

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Graduates’ Waves

Saturday, June 1, 2019

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 before we click. In Canada, I may soon be able to order fresh, organic produce from Whole Foods Market online through Amazon and, with my Prime membership, have it... More

Saturday, June 1, 2019

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) before our Earth has warmed so much that our everyday lives will be plagued with dire circumstances – extreme heat waves, droughts, floods, and other climactic extremes. Labeled as... More

Sunday, April 1, 2018

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 attitude and spirit of my Jamaican culture and its people. Pieces of several nationalities are incorporated into the fabric of the Jamaican identity, making it both distinct... More

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