It feels like everything in the news is making me upset these days. From COVID-19 to the violence that the Wet’suwet’en land protectors have experienced to the Democratic primaries in the States, trying to stay informed has been incredibly stressful. It’s easy to fall into a rabbit hole of bad news: there’s a coronavirus death […]
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The first time I said “I love you” to my current boyfriend was over Facebook messenger. It was the summer of 2017. We had been dating for about three months at that point. The details of that night, once so important and precious to me, are now secondary to this one moment. I realized I
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On January 15, 2020, the Final Report of the Presidential & Provostial Task Force on Student Mental Health was released on the Provost’s website, along with a response from the administration, announcing its agreement to comply to all recommendations mentioned in the report. I learned of this report just like many of my peers—via mass
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The Strand’s staff on New Year’s resolutions and personal growth Recently, I’ve picked up journaling as a way to sort through my thoughts, process my experiences and feelings, and vent without forcing my friends to do emotional labour for me. Honestly, I’m bad at it. I forget for weeks on end, only picking up my too-expensive journal when something
It’s finals season. UofT needs to examine mental health infrastructure, now more than ever
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Content warning: Mentions of suicide On Friday, September 27, news broke that another student had died by suicide in the Bahen Centre for Information Technology. It was the third death in Bahen in less than two years. Immediately, calls from students, faculty, and the UofT community at large for administration to do something—anything—circulated throughout campus. The administration has, thus far, not implemented any substantial changes.
Pictures from the global climate strike in Toronto.
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We’re no longer living in the era of climate change; we’re living in the era of the climate crisis
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