Carrie Bradshaw takes on Toronto In a city where our morning coffee order is more consistent than our love lives, I can’t help but wonder if we’re addicted to quick fixes, or if we actually crave something that lasts? This February, as we swipe right on both candidates and Tinder profiles, we’re faced with the […]
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An interview with writer/director Mashreka Mahmood about her new play 71 The Strand: As you are both the writer and director, could you walk through the process of developing the show? How long did it take and what was that process like? Mashreka Mahmood: I wrote my last show over the summer of 2022, and
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New year, new term, and new horizons My New Year’s resolution was to start swimming again. I never went competitive. I refused to do 4 am training. Instead, I was on the path to becoming a lifeguard or instructor. That path ended after I dealt with the consecutive waves of cancer and COVID. The first
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An interview with the University-Rosedale representative on top issues facing students and Ontarians Jessica Bell is the MPP for the riding of University-Rosedale, representing its constituents in the Ontario Legislature. She is a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party and is the official Opposition Housing Critic. Ahead of the holidays, The Strand was able
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HOME—by any other name I have never been homesick. I spent my entire life in one house in the suburbs of Ottawa. Learning to bike on the same road where I learnt to drive. Enclosed by the same walls I scribbled over as a child. I never got the chance to tour UofT before I
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“The ‘why’ is that I love these characters and I love this world,” Guadagnino told The Strand at a recent press conference At a recent press conference for Queer, Luca Guadagnino’s latest cinematic endeavor, the celebrated director shed light on his approach to identity, storytelling, and queerness in his filmography. Known for acclaimed works with
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An Interview with Enrique Baniqued, Executive Producer of the TIFF standout film Village Keeper Village Keeper is the debut narrative feature film from documentarian Karen Chapman. It tells the story of a Toronto mother learning to process grief, enact self-love, and uplift her community. Enrique Baniqued was nominated alongside Chapman for the Canadian Media Producers
Independent producing, protecting a set, and the future of the Canadian film industry Read More »
Students continue concerns about Vic award sponsoring study at Israeli universities As students across the University of Toronto continue calls to disclose, divest, and cut ties with Israeli academic institutions complicit in apartheid, there remain questions and concerns from members of the Victoria College community regarding the federated college’s Coburn Award. Students have raised challenges
We must protect journalism and freedom of speech, on campus and beyond The Strand, as a student newspaper, intends to reflect the conversations happening on campus. Our team felt it would be disingenuous to our purpose not to have a special edition focusing on the central topic of campus dialogue and politics for the past
The first draft of history Read More »
Where is the line between a film’s self-indulgence, and camp? I wanted to like this film. I tried to like this film. As a cinema studies student, I was primed to enjoy this film’s premise: a director sharing his life through an on-camera interview, as the complications of his character begin to unfold. Yet, I
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