Canada introduces new immigration measures that impact UofT’s international student community On November 12, Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, made a statement regarding the new measures taken by the federal government to reduce the percentage of temporary residents in Canada from 6.5 percent to 5 percent by 2026. This was prompted by the government’s desire […]
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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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Victoria College’s civil discourse In the world of politics, manners can get a little muddled. Regardless of the spaces in which they are held—online forums, social media platforms, in-person conversations, or even institutional spaces—political debates can spiral out of control, with escalating tones and sharp insults. Just a few days ago, Members of Parliament (MP)
On Métis identity, temporality, and (de)territorialisation Where am I from? What a tricky question. There are four answers I typically give depending on the context. The first simply answers the question of my permanent address: I am from Pitt Meadows, British Columbia. The second answers the question of my origins: I am from a small
A conversation with Professor Janett Vengoa This interview was conducted in Spanish, and all translations are the author’s. Located two hours away from Cusco in the Peruvian Andes, is the town of Pomanchi. Wherever I looked, the imposing cordilleras reminded me that there were bigger, more important things than buildings and cement. People in Pomacanchi
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The privilege, courage, and longing tied to the universal pursuit of home I consider home to be a feeling. A feeling strongly associated with family, comfort, and belonging. I am originally from British Columbia, yet despite being away from my family and home city, I have been able to slowly begin viewing Victoria College and
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AITA for annoying my (20F) roommate (2007F) because we have different cultures? u/unsuspectinghuman I (20F) co-signed a lease with Drusilla (2007F) in August. At first she seemed nice enough, even though she paid the first few month’s rent in Athenian drachma–which, by the way, is such a pain to convert! She was a great roommate
It’s been three months since you left,and I’m lying on my back in thegrass, picturing your crag-toothed slot-canyon grin, mybody pouring into the coldempty sky and wistfullywarming some far-away world. As the frost slinks across mybones, I am circumcised. My well-worn voicetears at the night, fingers scrapingacross the star-brightsky. But still you whisper in the
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Every click, swipe, and post = $$$ for social media companies The 2020 film The Social Dilemma was not overexaggerating when they said if we are not paying for a product, then we are the product. Like the average 12-year-old in 2019, I begged my parents for a phone. I wanted to download Snapchat, Instagram,
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When surveillance shapes behaviour, we live in Hell We live in a world of cameras and cookies. Everywhere we go, everything we do, want, or think, is tracked. Most of the time, this is to maximise the effectiveness of marketing tactics that push us towards buying the latest unneeded thing. Yet, whether or not we
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