climate change Weighing the Scale Shifting to net-zero carbon emissions will be incredible, but it comes at an incredible cost. It means shifting from the unsustainable consumer trends that we have become so used to. 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
Everydaylife Do we own our data? The power this software bestows on high-level officials and politicians is unprecedented. The advent of technology has allowed us to store our lives on a 6x3 mobile device. Therefore, it is not just our phones that are susceptible to this infringement but our whole lives. Read more
Everydaylife Why British People Can't Donate Blood, And What It Means for The Future of Disease Despite these alarming symptoms, studies from the time–around 1989–lead British experts to think it was unlikely that BSE could pose any risk to humans… Unfortunately, in another 5 years, this was shown to have been a catastrophically incorrect assessment. 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
Everydaylife Why Housing Prices Are Surging During The Pandemic The Liberal Housing Secretary has also come out to defend the high prices stating that it would be awful for current homeowners to have “ten percent of the equity in their home suddenly disappear overnight.” Read more
current events Chinese Rocket Crash lands west of the Maldives after Internet Panic The main source of speculation derived from social media, where many users were worried if the rocket might land in a populated area. A multitude of videos, tweets, and TikToks surfaced about the rocket after the situation was brought into popular media. Read more
political affairs Political Campaign of Fear When Modi first became PM, he ran on aspiration, hope, and promises to better the lives of the billions under his care. However, that changed gradually as he continued abusing his power. His victims are mainly from opposing states or regions. Read more
Everydaylife How American Corporations Destabilized Latin America for Bananas It all started with the Monroe Doctrine of 1904, an American policy that allowed the U.S. to excuse any foreign intervention under the guise of “policing them”. In reality, it allowed for the government and corporations to exploit these countries. 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
human rights affairs Why Canadian Rights Aren't Guaranteed Under Canada’s current political system and climate, none of its citizens’ rights and freedoms are guaranteed. This very idea is built into the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Read more
covid-19 Moral Decay: Peru's Vaccine Scandal Overtime, Peru’s political history has had several dark patches that have crippled the nation in progress, innovation, stability and security. Even Peruvians show no signs of disappointment or surprise at the news of numerous scandals and its extremities. Read more
human rights affairs Hockey Culture is Still Homophobic Earlier this year, Yanic Duplessis–a prospect for the Voltigeurs de Drummondville in the QMJHL–came out as gay. In an ideal world, this would be a non-story, so why is it such a notable event? 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