Rebekah Eunaah Craig Rebekah is a student at Ryerson University majoring in History & Political Science. After her degree, Rebekah plans to attend law school. Currently, she is an executive, editor and journalist at YIP. Executive Writing Team 17 posts
Bangladesh Bangladesh Revolution after 15 Years of Repression Bangladesh stands at a critical juncture in its history. The resignation of Sheikh Hasina, following weeks of deadly protests, marks the end of an era and the beginning of a period of uncertainty. Read more
Donald Trump Attempted Assassination of Former President Donald Trump The incident has added another layer of intensity to the already heated political climate in the United States. Read more
Isreal Israel's Attempt to Ban Christianity A ban on Christianity would entail severe consequences, stifling the rights and freedoms of Christians residing within the country Read more
sports Stop Sexualizing Women in Sports It is disappointing that women have been fighting for the right to have more options in their uniforms, and still the rules for the majority have not been changed. Uniform regulations should not make women feel self-conscious while playing sports... Read more
current events Burying the Crimes of The Filthy Rich Jeffrey Epstein was a businessman, a convicted sex offender and a pedophile. He was notorious for having numerous connections and was friends with people in high places. Epstein was the type of man who made a lot of money and no one could quite pin-point the ways in which he made his income. Read more
colonialism 4 Ways the Canadian Government Perpetuates Colonialism Passed by the federal government in 1876, the Indian Act is a set of laws made to have control over Indigenous peoples in Canada; filled with assimilation policies meant to eliminate Indigenous culture and tear apart their social and political unicity. Read more
human rights affairs Tragedies of Child Marriage: How will you help? The issue of child marriage is global. Countries such as Niger, Central African Republic, and Chad have the most child marriages globally with over 60-70% of girls being married before the age of 18 and approximately 30% married before the age of 15. Read more
activism Can Online Petitions Effect Change? Online petitions can be one of the best ways to impact policy changes. We’ve seen it many times even within this year alone, masses of people gathering together can influence change, and petitions add momentum. Read more
human rights affairs An Introduction to Canadian Residential Schools Less than 25 years ago, residential schools were still active in Canada. Your grandparents, parents, siblings, or even you may have been alive to experience it if you were an Indigenous person in Canada. Read more
Everydaylife Disney Lied: The Story of Matoaka Matoaka was her original name. She was born in 1596 in Werowocomoco, Virginia, daughter of Wahunsenacawh; chief of the Powhatan tribe. Her father often called her “Pocahontas” after her late mother whose name was Pocahontas meaning “playful one”. Read more
political affairs Joe Biden Wins Presidency: Hope for a Brighter Future After long awaiting the results, Biden wins 20 electoral votes from Pennsylvania surpassing the 270 votes needed. The Democrats currently, as of Saturday, have 290 electoral votes, are tied with Republicans in the Senate race, and have a lead of 19 votes in the House. Read more
human rights affairs Residential Schools: Child Experimentation Unfortunately, hunger and malnutrition did not begin or end with the experiments from 1942 to 1952. Ian Mosby, an award-winning Canadian historian, recounts stories of residential school survivors in saying, “They have said for a long time that, not only were they part of scientific experiments, Read more
covid-19 A Dual Crises: Homelessness During COVID-19 Ontario has now reached the third wave of COVID-19 that has been heavily anticipated yet poorly prepared for and ultimately unable to avoid. Rules and instructions in the province of Ontario have been unclear, ineffective and inconsistent. Read more
current affairs Monarchy Mayhem On March 7th 2021, Oprah conducted an interview with Megan Markle and Prince Harry giving continued insight into the twisted mechanism that is the British Monarchy. Read more
racism Enough is Enough: Normalized Racism East Asians are being attacked and everyone is silent. There’s nothing new about racism towards Asians in North America but we have reached a point where it is being normalized and very few are speaking up about it. Read more
covid-19 COVID in the New Year There is hope that things will magically return to normal as we enter a New Year and leave 2020 behind us, however, 2021 will most likely be not much different Read more
human rights affairs The Sixties Scoop > “Genocide has taken place in a systematic, routine manner” – Justice Edwin Kimelman. Less than 30 years ago, Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their mothers and left in the Read more