Week of Rage for Palestine
Activism, backlash, and ceasefire
Auditor General’s report on SDF fuels corruption allegations
Skills Development Fund selection criteria is biased and unregulated
More jail! No bail!
Is less bail the answer?
Western nations extend symbolic gesture of recognition to Palestinians
Deviation from US stance still reinforces Western-centrism In late September, Canada joined a host of European and North American nations in announcing their decision to ...
The affliction of imitation
ἠχώ, ἠχώ, ἠχώ…
Superstition… ain’t the way?
Foolish daughter challenges the very wise Voltaire “Elle est la faiblesse du Genre-Humain, & telle sa perversité, qu’il vaut mieux sans doute pour lui d’être ...
What’s the deal with “what’s the deal”?
Upon picking a theme for this issue, the sitcom-lovers in the room won. I can’t say I’ve watched any Seinfeld, but that’s just fine—Jerry’s not ...
Don’t be like Prufrock
Minutes spent musing are minutes spent missing And indeed there will be time To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?” Time to turn ...
Hitting mute on the metropolis
When noise becomes the norm
French the martyr, French the soldier
A French-Canadian case against an independent Quebec (for now)
The Tale of a Matriarch
The Power of Oral Tradition in Kenya’s Gikuyu Tribe This month’s issue had me reflect on the value of stories, lessons, and practices passed down ...
Life hack: use my referral link
How the Internet is lying to you about making your life better. Oftentimes, when misinformation enters the public conversation, it’s on a systemic or platformed ...
Phil Ochs: The forgotten voice of protest folk
I can’t stop thinking about the 60s. Today’s world events seem like a strange, disjointed sequel to the events of that time – of protest …
Wake up sheeple?
Conspiracies and pseudoscience: how “crunchy” ideals can go hand-in-hand with right-wing politics The term ‘sheeple’ has become popular within many communities to denote groups who ...
“Gin will make you blind!”
“Old wives’ tales,” dementia, and piecing together the metaphysical enigma that is my grandmother’s life “Y’know, my mother always told me that gin would make ...
Why we love the rats in our walls
The strange paradox of student apartments If you’ve ever lived in a student apartment, you already know the script: the shower that you can never ...
Why scrolling reels is exhausting
A cognitive-resource inspired take on the dopamine reward system for fast and complex media
Autumn is a ritual
Bosko didn’t do his job (pt 2)
Living in a fantasy
“Playing house” in the ROM’s European exhibit
Nuit Blanche 2025
The city comes alive with colour and messages of resistance and hope
Echoing silence
The science of the bystander effect
Where fluorescence microscopy cannot reach
Raman spectroscopy is the new black
Tales of the megalodon
Could the monster shark still live?
Grandma was wrong (this time)
The truth behind these common old wives' tales
Do you hear that?
Our words reverberate,But I can’t remember what was said.Four years passed us by –Now as I walk past the same buildings,See the spots where we …
Homeward bound (a Glosa)
The familiar voice that bids mego to an unknown mountainpierces my heart but stays the knifein a trembling hand.The deed’s undone,yet the unspeakable lingers —Excerpt ...
Under trees
solitude among giantshow it feelsto know that i inhale their exhalationsand that they do the samethat as we both respiratewe are conspiringconnecting anthropic and organic ...
Milk comes when the bell rings
The lives of 83 Robinson St.
8 things to never ask your Amazon Echo
Because some things are better left unsaid
Echoes of The Strand
Some interesting historical forerunners to your favourite Strand sections
The joys of the echo chamber
Everyone agreeing with each other is fun, actually.
Lies I’m going to tell my children
Because sometimes the truth is too hard to explain