Western nations extend symbolic gesture of recognition to Palestinians
Deviation from US stance still reinforces Western-centrism In late September, Canada joined a host of European and North American nations in announcing their decision to …
No more speed cameras?
Doug Ford to abolish Automated Speed Enforcement Doug Ford has proposed to ban and remove Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE), colloquially known as speeding cameras. Ford ...
$5 meals pilot project launches at Ned’s Café
Vic’s efforts at tackling food affordability Ned’s Café has kicked off the academic year by introducing meals for $5.50 as part of a collaboration with ...
The Bill 33 backlash and Ontario’s flawed post-secondary education policy
Proposed increase in government oversight neglects underfunding concerns Ontario’s Bill 33, the Supporting Children and Students Act, has faced widespread opposition by numerous student associations ...
Superstition… ain’t the way?
Foolish daughter challenges the very wise Voltaire “Elle est la faiblesse du Genre-Humain, & telle sa perversité, qu’il vaut mieux sans doute pour lui d’être …
What’s the deal with “what’s the deal”?
Upon picking a theme for this issue, the sitcom-lovers in the room won. I can’t say I’ve watched any Seinfeld, but that’s just fine—Jerry’s not ...
Don’t be like Prufrock
Minutes spent musing are minutes spent missing And indeed there will be time To wonder, “Do I dare?” and, “Do I dare?” Time to turn ...
Love & Sex & the City
Carrie Bradshaw takes on Toronto In a city where our morning coffee order is more consistent than our love lives, I can’t help but wonder ...
The Tale of a Matriarch
The Power of Oral Tradition in Kenya’s Gikuyu Tribe This month’s issue had me reflect on the value of stories, lessons, and practices passed down …
Life hack: use my referral link
How the Internet is lying to you about making your life better. Oftentimes, when misinformation enters the public conversation, it’s on a systemic or platformed ...
Breaking the Silence
My Grandmother, or Why I write My grandmother is at once a beloved and mysterious figure in my life. She’s the sort of person who ...
What’s the deal with 2 a.m. waves of nostalgia?
Scatter-brained thoughts on our capacity to adore the mundane As someone who has always been pretty sentimental and defensive against change, intense feelings of nostalgia ...
Wake up sheeple?
Conspiracies and pseudoscience: how “crunchy” ideals can go hand-in-hand with right-wing politics The term ‘sheeple’ has become popular within many communities to denote groups who …
“Gin will make you blind!”
“Old wives’ tales,” dementia, and piecing together the metaphysical enigma that is my grandmother’s life “Y’know, my mother always told me that gin would make ...
Why we love the rats in our walls
The strange paradox of student apartments If you’ve ever lived in a student apartment, you already know the script: the shower that you can never ...
Is the new superman movie really pro-Palestine?
The illusion of subversion: how Hollywood packages “progressive” stories Recently, the new Superman film sparked significant discussion online about supposedly being an allegory for the ...
Living in a fantasy
“Playing house” in the ROM’s European exhibit
Nuit Blanche 2025
The city comes alive with colour and messages of resistance and hope
Grief, memory, and the movies
Eylul Guven in Blue Heron. Cr: TIFF Blue Herona film directed and written by Sophy Romvari, and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, September ...
FELT
Blake Williams and any consistency which forms a set FELTa film directed by Blake Williams and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, September 4–14, ...
Tales of the megalodon
Could the monster shark still live?
Grandma was wrong (this time)
The truth behind these common old wives' tales
The prion
An immortal pathogen
What’s the deal with the Northern Star?
Freaky freaky Cepheid variables In act III, scene I of Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, Caesar says, “I am constant as the northern star.” Well, Caesar ...
Milk comes when the bell rings
The lives of 83 Robinson St.
Dear Aurora
My child, I blessed you with beauty...
Approaching the situation with misinformed caution
Want,desire,yearning,pining, craving,weight… waiting.The sickness,aching,longing.Whatever the word may be to describe the hot burning sensation that pools in your gut and spreads through your body like ...
The Bach-bowel movement: no. 2 in A minor
When melancholy strikes,and my laundry piles up,a 13-year-old bloodhoundthe size of two American footballsmaterialises between the layers of rough jeans, synthetic wools,and a couple freshly ...
Lies I’m going to tell my children
Because sometimes the truth is too hard to explain
Max’s tangentially-related music corner
A not-exactly-thematic overview of some of the year’s most intriguing releases.
You can lead a horse to water, but can you make it drink?
Wild horses couldn’t drag you away from these amazing tips.
What’s the deal with this guy selling me stuff on the bus?
Transforming public transit into private commerce Who among us hasn’t at one time found themselves in possession of some merchandise that they needed to offload? ...