Sweet niblets! Life is a rodeo!
Vol. 64, as told through Hannah Montana song titles
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I’m feeling (20)22
Taylor Swift was right when she said, “We’re happy, free, confused, and lonely at the same time”
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Mirage: Letter from the Editor
Dear reader, These past couple of years have felt akin to wandering aimlessly through an incessant desert. Whenever we thought we might be nearing an oasis, it turned out to just be a trick of light. An unfounded hope. A mirage. The Strand’s spring 2022 magazine features nine pieces that consider the theme of “mirage”
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Cake: Letter from the Editor
Dear reader, I’m not keen to admit this, but the theme for this magazine emerged from a meme: namely, the “everything is cake” trend from summer 2020. Slicing into everyday objects only to reveal an interior of cake is unsettling, to say the least. And yet, is this not the most succinct metaphor for life—that
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Journalism as storytelling
Putting the “story” back in “news story”
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A new normal
This past summer, I developed the habit of taking walks around my neighbourhood. It was partly because I hoped a change of scenery every now and then would reignite my stifled creativity, but it was mostly because my parents begged me to do something other than watch Netflix in bed all day (fair enough). By
Educate your imagination
A holistic approach to learning—both inside and outside the classroom
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What does silence say?
On Renaming Ryerson, the Azarova affair, “This isn’t Canada,” and student papers’ potential
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Remembering Ryerson
Looking back on how the Vic One Education Stream has adjusted to the name change, and how it will move forward As of September 2019, the Vic One Egerton Ryerson Stream has been renamed the Education Stream. The name change occurred due to Ryerson’s involvement with the residential school system, but his legacy has not
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