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How to prepare for a semester of unlearning

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This September, university students will be entering their online and limited in-person classrooms under different circumstances due to COVID-19. However, the changes to our post-secondary lives aren’t limited to educational delivery; various social changes that affect our university experience are taking place too. Students aren’t just stocking up on masks to prepare for the fall,

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The importance of humanitarianism during COVID-19

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With a pandemic ravaging across the world, many governments are currently in the process of closing borders, restructuring health policies, and manufacturing extra equipment for hospital personnel. Competition for effective medical supplies and vaccine formulation has left many countries fighting against each other for survival; as a result, governments have started to focus on self-reliance.

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Pride is prejudiced: when Black Lives Matter and pride intersect

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With the cancellation of all city-led events through June 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the LGBTQI2SA+ community have expressed disappointment over the cancellation of the Toronto Pride Festival—for the first time in the history of Toronto Pride. The festival is widely regarded as a time to take pride in the progression of

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When a city closes

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Today, it’s been three weeks. I mean, it started earlier, of course, but it was three weeks ago that I became aware of it—aware beyond a distant notion of a virus epidemic going on in the world, somewhere far away. An epidemic that potentially could pose a threat to me. In my brain, I had

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