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Media

Letter to a Young Indigenous Journalist

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 - by Waubgeshig Rice

You will feel alone. You will want to give up. But I urge you to keep going

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Poetry / September/October 2020

Thanks for Asking

August 28, 2020October 14, 2021 - by Roxanna Bennett

Yes, I have tried to just get over it, / the fragility & pain

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Books

How Do You Write about Joy in a State of Emergency?

August 27, 2020August 27, 2020 - by Billy-Ray Belcourt

Over an eight-month period, more than 100 people at Attawapiskat tried to end their lives. This is the legacy of colonial violence

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Health

Fat Shaming Shouldn’t Be Part of Our “New Normal”

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 - by Erika Thorkelson

Even in a pandemic, our culture is obsessed with controlling our bodies

Environment

Lockdown Let the Earth Breathe. What Do We Do Next?

August 24, 2020August 24, 2020 - by Sarah Ratchford

COVID-19 could be a turning point in climate activism—but only if we play it right

Media / Society

Objectivity Is a Privilege Afforded to White Journalists

August 21, 2020February 10, 2022 - by Pacinthe Mattar

Under the banner of diversity, racialized people are told to bring ourselves and our perspectives. But, if we bring too much of them, we get held back

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September/October 2020

My Other Mother

August 20, 2020August 26, 2020 - by William Pang

My nanny helped raise me. Now it’s time for me to get to know her children

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Arts & Culture / September/October 2020

How The Lord of the Rings Made Me a Better Parent

August 19, 2020October 19, 2020 - by Thomas Homer-Dixon

Tolkien’s trilogy teaches us how to stay hopeful in the face of overwhelming odds

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Environment / Society

Hate Social Media but Love Nature? There’s an App for That

August 19, 2020August 20, 2020 - by Emily Urquhart

Facebook and Twitter can be sinkholes of rage and despair. But virtual communities like iNaturalist might usher in the digital utopia we were promised

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Justice / September/October 2020

Did Prisons Ever Work?

August 18, 2020January 5, 2021 - by Lauren McKeon

A growing movement believes it’s time to stop putting women in jail

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Month: August 2020

Letter to a Young Indigenous Journalist

Thanks for Asking

How Do You Write about Joy in a State of Emergency?

Fat Shaming Shouldn’t Be Part of Our “New Normal”

Lockdown Let the Earth Breathe. What Do We Do Next?

My Other Mother

How The Lord of the Rings Made Me a Better Parent

Did Prisons Ever Work?

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