EDITORIAL
Spring will come again
On March 8, 2021, Justin Trudeau declared March 11, 2021 as “a National Day of Observance to commemorate the people who lost their lives and the significant impacts we have all felt because of COVID-19”. Trudeau’s response to the pandemic, however, is evidently a major factor in the death of ...
Too much love is not enough
From Ellen Grace 💌: The last time I saw Hadiyyah in person was the day we decided to run for Co-Editors-in-Chief. Early spring, we imagined that come September, the school year would be back to normal. Together, we sat through Dean’s office and VUSAC meetings where we’d realize together that this ...
Black futures
Dear readers, February is a month for celebration. It is Black Futures/History month, and we are so grateful to our Black contributors, readers, and creators for being part of our little community. In celebration of our Black creators, we invite you to take a look at some seminal writing we ...
A universally awful situation
Getting through the next semester
Accountability in the face of uncertainty
Coping with having to cope
Past, present, future
On February 29, 1956, the masthead of The Strand outlined their intent for the coming academic year as follows: “First of all, The Strand is written for the Vic student. It is the wish of myself and the staff to make this paper as interesting as possible. Our aim is ...
Finding comfort in discomfort
In the coming-of-age stories we read in high school, university was presented as a place in which we would finally be comfortable with ourselves. Suddenly, when thrown into a much larger group of peers, you would somehow find groups of people more like yourself. For many, this is not the ...
We’re taking our time
Reflections on rest
Looking back, moving forward
If you’re reading The Strand for the first time, we’d like to welcome you to our community, and we hope that you’ll have an amazing start to your time at UofT. To our returning readers, thank you for returning, and welcome back to school. It’s impossible to look forward to ...
Black Lives Matter
It should not take Black death to acknowledge Black life. Black Lives Matter is not a new movement: its official formation was pioneered by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi in 2013 after the police-shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The global resurgence of the movement in the past week ...