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City roots
A few years ago, while working as a research assistant, I stumbled upon a photo of an early version of the St. Boniface Cathedral and the Grey Nuns’ convent. My first thought was: Where are all the trees?
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Feeding diaspora
In these difficult times marked by heightened feelings of displacement, disillusionment and austerity, it is essential to foster pleasure and joy.
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Halfway to Somewhere
A few months ago, I sent a message to a high school best friend who I hadn’t talked to in more than five years.
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Crystal Clear
As of June 30, 2017, Health Canada approved the first-ever drug for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), which is called Spinraza.
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Halfway to somewhere
The other day I called a crisis line. A volunteer answered: Hi, how are you doing? How can I help you?
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Feeding diaspora
“Food is a time machine.” These words by Suresh Doss have been echoing in my mind since listening to Episode 63 (“Eating our way through Toronto”) of the Racist Sandwich Podcast. “It’s a conduit to a certain time and place,” he says.
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Outdigenous
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
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Intimacy beyond sex
A lot of talk around sex positivity foregrounds sexuality as inherently a good thing – something to not be ashamed of and even as a way to enact self-love and community-building.
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No Gods, No Masters, No More Musical Revivals
My name is Frances Koncan, and I hate musical theatre.
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Feeding diaspora
Food is a multi-sensory experience that can transport us elsewhere.
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Crystal clear
Humans and animals have been forming unbreakable bonds for centuries.
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Outdigenous
When I set out to write a piece about safe spaces, I quickly realized something: I had no idea what a safe space really meant.
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Halfway to somewhere
The perception people often have of someone being successful usually goes hand in hand with seeing that person as happy.
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Halfway to somewhere
When my house burned down at age 13, I assumed that all material evidence of my childhood was lost forever.
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Outdigenous
Another election has come and gone, and I think I speak for everyone when I say, “Yes, but what about the next episode of Riverdale?”
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Feeding Diaspora
Eating food from another culture has become a common example of cultural appreciation. Unsurprisingly, however, when we consider bell hooks’ writing on “Eating the Other,” it isn’t so simple.
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Crystal Clear
Halloween is upon us, and it’s a time for costumes, pumpkin carving, pumpkin-flavoured everything, Halloween parties and trick-or-treating.
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Halfway to somewhere
The desire to go back and redo some, if not all, of one’s life is a feeling that seems to emerge often when reminiscing about the past.
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Feeding Diaspora
I used to think that to know home was to learn my mother’s hands - her repertoire of creation forever connected to homeland.
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Crystal Clear
A child born with a physical condition like Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) may have the typical childhood dreams of being a firefighter, doctor or astronaut. As they grow, they realize that being in a wheelchair and having a condition that weakens their muscles means they have limitations to what they can do.