NEWS

A Conversation with Principal Hernandez: An Introduction to Alex

Karim Arif August 26, 2024

The introductory segment of the interview with Principal Hernandez. The 2024-25 academic year marks a watershed moment for Victoria College as Dr. Angela Esterhammer ends …

A conversation with Principal Hernandez: Vic’s academic vision

Karim Arif August 26, 2024

The second segment of the interview with Principal Hernandez. Vic prides itself on its unique approaches to learning, notably its small classrooms, first-year programs, and, ...

VicPride forced into the closet by Dean’s Office

Dean’s Office Oversight Division (DOOD) April 29, 2024

“At least it reminds me of my childhood” says VicPride exec

Just normal men

Anya Shen and Kieran Guimond April 29, 2024

EDITORIAL

The truth shall make you free

Michael Elsaesser August 26, 2024

Dearest Strand reader, I feel that student journalism can represent the purest form of journalism itself. We are acute case studies in local reporting. The …

Our Editor-in-Chief is a ______man student

Shelley Yao and Celena Ho April 29, 2024

Celena tells all

The Strand from ages past

Shelley Yao March 22, 2024

From the archives! See the full articles on our website

Use our valentines below and it’ll be Meow + You = 4Ever

Shelley Yao and Anya Shen February 29, 2024

We’ve got lines for you that’ll be sure to impress, or fill them out with your own!

OPINIONS

Renovations and restorations: preserving history at Vic

Romina Emtyazi August 26, 2024

Balancing tradition with progress The Victoria College campus, with its ageless structures and historic landmarks, elicits a strong sense of nostalgia in all of its …

Facing the Red Zone

Julia Pagador and Manuela Mora Castillo August 26, 2024

Why the Dean’s Office must confront gender-based violence from day one Content warning: sexual assault and gender-based violence. Orientation is more than just a welcome ...

Modern versus classic: the education debate

Tarushi Sahni August 26, 2024

Is the future of education found in new methods or rooted in the past? The debate between traditional and contemporary education methods highlights a clash ...

Modern men suck? Try these lovers from the past!

Silas Peters and Hannah Teather April 29, 2024

Let these historical hotties fan the flames of your heart <3

FEATURES

Victoria’s royal standards

Julian Apolinario August 26, 2024

Queen Victoria died at the turn of the twentieth century. A hundred years later, the remnants of British colonialism still pervade the University of Toronto …

Men at the Maddy—zoologist’s favourite species of Toronto

Web Editor April 29, 2024

The tragically fascinating mating ritual of men at the Madison Avenue Pub

VEFS: Deliria

Michael Elsaesser March 22, 2024

Description of our Organisation The Victoria College Environmental Fashion Show is a collective for students who see fashion as a medium for change in the ...

Date the Strand

The Strand Staff February 29, 2024

And once again comes the time of year when Cupid shoots to kill. The Strand’s most chronically single editors have asked members of your favourite ...

ARTS AND CULTURE

What to watch at TIFF 2024!

Michael Elsaesser September 7, 2024

The Strand gives previews for our most anticipated films at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is back this …

Deja vu media: same story, different day?

Batu Tunchel August 26, 2024

An inquiry on the nature of remakes/reboots in media from history to now Can you remember the last time you went to the movie theatre ...

Revenge of the hipsters

Julian Apolinario August 26, 2024

It didn’t die with millennial flannel in Brooklyn: thrifting has been gentrified all over by us Thrifting is here with a vengeance As much as ...

It is not the thought that counts

Jessica Beswick August 26, 2024

How nostalgia trumps our culture’s demand for progressive narratives As the saying goes, times are a-changing, and that includes our media. Yet some things do ...

SCIENCE

Does the future of our planet truly lie in the hands of new technology?

Silas Peters August 26, 2024

The complicated potential of geoengineering Adding iron to the ocean. Releasing aerosol particles into the atmosphere to reflect light. Installing underwater curtains to prevent warm …

Pick your poison: strange cures from days gone by

Hannah Teather August 26, 2024

Five reasons to be grateful for your pharmacist Who doesn’t love to daydream about the past? I know I find myself staring out the window ...

How AI is changing scientific discovery

Erica Eng March 24, 2024

From spreading misinformation to automated science

Four well-researched anticancer nutrients you should watch out for

Adriana Goraieb March 24, 2024

A beginner’s guide to cooking up an anticancer plate

POETRY

The Governator’s Revenge: The Only Acrostic Worth Reading

Julian Apolinario August 26, 2024

Fourteen years from present day marks a monumental shift Upon which Arnold Schwarzenegger carved a neat and tidy rift Cutting with a …

A Timeless Speech for Any President

Jerico Raguindin August 26, 2024

Words from Presidents Jefferson, FDR, JFK, LBJ, and H.W. Bush to Biden Friends, fellow-citizens, and Americans. The world has been growing worse. Sowed by seeds ...

O Poet! My Poet!: an elegy to Walter

Julia Pelitis August 26, 2024

Illustration | Patrick Ignasiak O Poet! my Poet! your life on earth is done, The tapping on drums, long since begun, Lets me sing a ...

I speak in harmonies

Michael Elsaesser March 24, 2024

I speak in harmonies words by Michael Elsaesserillustration by Maria Vidal Valdespino I’m proud of the way I talk;Each word handcrafted by generations before me,Carved ...

STRANDED

Dear Stranded: orientation edition

Audrey Lai August 26, 2024

Ask and you shall receive… Dear Stranded, I’m currently in engineering, but I’m miserable. I don’t think this path is working out for me, and …

Victoria’s Scarlet and Gold (arches)

Julian Apolinario August 26, 2024

The abridged history of the Northrop Frye McDonald’s Alumni who attended the school before 2019 will remember well the convenience and deliciousness associated with the ...

Which UofT Library are you?

Audrey Lai August 26, 2024

All-knowing quiz with brutal(ist) answers! How would your friends describe you? A: Friendly and warm. B: Quick-witted and overambitious. C: Organised and efficient. D: Quirky ...