MARIAH BRENDERS – The large, bright café is filled with sounds of chatter, clinking crockery and a whirring espresso machine while employees steadily serve the morning rush. A line forms in front of the long granite counter as customers peer at the daily special scrawled on the massive chalkboard menu.Continue Reading
MEGAN KING – An anonymous Londoner is encouraging her community to compliment each other in 280 characters or less. A Twitter page called “Kindness Matters” works to encourage the London community to exchange niceties and support one another. The page founder, a London journalist who wishes to remain anonymous, foundedContinue Reading
MONIKA SIDHU – Paitra Marsh was in the middle of conducting an online therapy session when she realized she needed to put things on pause. Her client was sharing information that was revealing itself to be traumatic. Though Marsh has been practicing psychotherapy for over a decade, she is relativelyContinue Reading
EVA ZHU – “Don’t worry, if Jasmine does anything, we’ll just rape her” was one of the many messages that circulated in a private Discord server aimed at harassing Jasmine Lam. Lam, who’s currently finishing her bachelor’s degree at the University of Toronto, has been the president of both UofT’sContinue Reading
SELENA ROMERO – Everyone has their own grocery store routine: some only pick up the necessities, some are drawn to the sale signs and some like to weave through every aisle. The one thing everyone has in common when they grocery shop is the search for the shortest line atContinue Reading
EVA ZHU – Last month, millions of students frantically packed to go home as universities made the abrupt decision to move courses online to curb the spread of COVID-19. On March 11th, the World Health Organization labelled COVID-19 a pandemic. The next day, universities across Canada began cancelling in-person classes.Continue Reading
SELENA ROMERO – Danna Rowan turned her hobby into a business – and now that business is about to get even bigger. Rowan was a successful freelance web designer when she began to feel the effects of staring at a computer screen all day. Out of curiosity, she decided toContinue Reading
EVA ZHU – Joan Espidido feels strange being called a hero; she doesn’t think she deserves the title. But as an essential service employee, her life is on the line. Espidido, 23, has been working as a cashier at a Real Canadian Superstore in Vancouver for a little over fourContinue Reading
VICKY QIAO – Motorbiking through a twisting mountain pass in Vietnam, exploring the Nepali mountains and immersing herself with locals; Angela He is a true adventurer when it comes to travelling. Completing a double degree in Ivey and MIT at Western, He is fascinated by cross-cultural experiences and spends herContinue Reading
MIRA WILLIAMSON – Samantha Humphrey may call herself “very boring.” Don’t believe her. Most post-secondary students worry about midterms and assignments. In the fall of 2018, she worried about shelter. “It’s hard to put it into words what it’s like,” said Humphrey. “It’s not something you ever plan on. It’sContinue Reading