Cheers and applause filled the air of St. Anthony’s Banquet Hall in Ottawa’s Little Italy, the evening of Nov. 12.…
The Epidemic: Rape Culture
On Sept. 13, 2021, news broke that there had been an alleged attack on 30 women at Western University, surfacing…
Extraordinary altruism: How living organ donors are saving lives
It was no different than any other Thursday afternoon in the fall semester of 2014. Tim Hickey, a 19-year-old student…
Munchies With Mike: a student’s passion project to feed the homeless
Downtown Ottawa. It’s a place that is difficult to walk through, especially during the cold winter weather. Everyone is bundled…
Local groups organizing to make Ottawa, and the world, a better place
On October 24, 2021, I attended a gathering of local activist groups in Ottawa at Minto Park. The gathering was…
How libraries are decolonizing their spaces and collections
For many of us growing up in the 1960s in rural Canada, the community library was a place of excitement…
Servers: We’re still here
People often ask me when I’ll leave the restaurant industry (or simply “the industry,” as it is commonly referred to…
Get your smash on!
I am gripping the edges of the keyboard so hard that I can feel them digging deep into my palms,…
Understanding Colonization and the Land We Live On
Living in a city that resides on unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territory—meaning no treaty was ever signed for this portion of…
Championing human rights from afar: a journalism student stands up for her Turkish homeland
The most memorable moment of my life was when my parents told me to stand up for what I believe.…