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Teaching Democracy at the University of Toronto: Lucan Way’s Path to Inspiring the Next Generation

The creaking parquet floors and cold stone walls of the University of Toronto St. George campus hold memories from the day it opened in 1827.

Daria Bella Matuznaia

Ayra Rajwani and Roukia Ali

Humanitarian Intermission: A Breath Between The Bombs

Ayra Rajwani and Roukia Ali

As Trump and Biden applaud themselves for their roles in brokering peace, the people of Gaza are left to grapple with the wreckage of a war they never asked for.

Ayra Rajwani and Roukia Ali

Catalina Bedoya

Venezuela Unraveled: The Ongoing Battle for Power and Survival

Catalina Bedoya

Understanding Venezuela’s state is not just about politics, it’s about the global fight for democracy, human rights, and stability.

Catalina Bedoya

Swathi Sathyaseelan

Prioritizing Mental Health: Key Strategies for Students During this Exam Season

Swathi Sathyaseelan

In light of the intensity of university life, it’s important for students to adopt helpful ways that can help with their mental health and have a sense of balance.

Swathi Sathyaseelan

Jingshu Helen Yao 3/29/21 Jingshu Helen Yao 3/29/21

Black History Month: Through the Writing of Food

I shall forever be a learner of other cultures, as learning through food and books are the most enjoyable way to start this journey.

Malika Daya 3/29/21 Malika Daya 3/29/21

21 Black Futures - Beyere, In conversation with the director, Lisa Karen Cox

Lisa Karen Cox speaks to us about the creation of Beyere—a story centered around the preservation of culture and heritage through language, specifically in ASL, and her experience being a part of 21 Black Futures.

Payal Dass 3/29/21 Payal Dass 3/29/21

Judging Books by their Cover

It has taken me 18 years to realize there is much more to a story than what it presents itself to be.

Malika Daya 3/29/21 Malika Daya 3/29/21

Abigail Whitney, Artist Feature - 21 Black Futures

Abigail, a UofT alumni, shares her gratifying experience working on 4/21 Black Futures monodramas, as her creative voice adds to the nuanced and diverse stories of Blackness being created, produced, and celebrated by 63+ Black artists across Canada.

Claudia Minardi 3/26/21 Claudia Minardi 3/26/21

Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Road to Rock and Roll Royalty

Over 100 years after Tharpe was born, her name is still alive.

Jingshu Helen Yao 3/26/21 Jingshu Helen Yao 3/26/21

For all of Those Who Stayed

For the past year, I’ve doubted once and once again if I made the right choice when deciding to stay. I know for sure that I am not the only one who feels that way, that the doubt of our choice is always on the mind of every international student. I am writing for all of us who decide to stay during this difficult time.

Payal Dass 3/26/21 Payal Dass 3/26/21

Celebrating Black Women in Cinema

Film might be one of the most effective mediums for people to touch our hearts. Here’s to the powerful Black women that have touched ours, and have changed the way Western society viewed them.

Vaishnavy Puvipalan 2/24/21 Vaishnavy Puvipalan 2/24/21

Twice Numb (On Paralysis and Depression)

This has been the worst episode of Scrubs of all time.

Malika Daya 2/22/21 Malika Daya 2/22/21

Akram Khan - “My Body is a Living Museum”

An alive archive, the creative genius Akram Khan’s journey of passion.

Payal Dass 2/17/21 Payal Dass 2/17/21

The Hippie Movement: Living Their Legacy

How far has the “Make Love, Not War” mentality come today?

Claudia Minardi 2/17/21 Claudia Minardi 2/17/21

Understanding The Punk Movement of the 70s

What happened when the world was ready to move on from the “give peace a chance” narrative?

Jingshu Helen Yao 2/17/21 Jingshu Helen Yao 2/17/21

When Life is a Roller Coaster but I have Motion Sickness

The “roller coaster” of life had taken all of us running wildly, and none of us knew where we were heading to.

Malika Daya 2/17/21 Malika Daya 2/17/21

Tan France, More Than Just a Style Expert

You are what you eat? No. You are what you wear.

Payal Dass 1/2/21 Payal Dass 1/2/21

How to Break Up with your Toxic Best Friend

Focusing on yourself instead of others isn’t being rude, it’s self-care.

Jingshu Helen Yao 1/1/21 Jingshu Helen Yao 1/1/21

All The Possible Ways It Ends

I can see in so many other universes, the year could have been so much better, or so much worse. While I can not tell where the future leads in my own universe, I accept the lessons it taught me and appreciate the person it made me become.