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Illustration of a student sitting alone on a bench, typing on a laptop. They are sitting in a circle of yellow. Around them, in orange, is an empty campus full of buildings.

A Lonely Year on Campus

November 9, 2020November 10, 2020 - by Jadine Ngan

Tuning in to lectures from bedrooms and basements, students face an isolating postsecondary experience. But many still see hope

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Education / First Person

Why Home-Schooling Was Right for Me

May 12, 2020 - by Elizabeth Howell

When school stifled my creativity, my parents turned to independent learning

A row of children sit in front of a bookcase and read books studiously.

Society

The Biased Ways We Praise “Smart Kids”

March 10, 2020 - by Anne Thériault

When we prioritize certain interests as being “better” or “smarter,” we’re failing children whose talents lie in other areas

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Sex Ed: Beyond the Classroom

Learning Sex Ed Through Art

December 5, 2018January 9, 2020 - by Anubha Momin

How Nunavut’s Timiga, Ikumajuq became the most exceptional sex-ed program in Canada

Sex Ed: Beyond the Classroom

How to Have “the Talk” as a Muslim Father

December 5, 2018November 14, 2019 - by Yasir Khan

Growing up, I remained largely ignorant about healthy sexuality. Can I do better for my daughter?

University of Toronto student union member Cassandra Williams poses in front of sign at the Jordan Peterson protest

Current Affairs

Why Everyone Is Wrong about the Censorship Fight at Universities

May 11, 2018November 12, 2019 - by Paul Barrett

The silencing of part-time instructors is the real free speech crisis

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First Person / January/February 2018

I Was a Bank Robber Until I Read Kant

January 4, 2018March 27, 2020 - by Robbie Dillon

The one thing that criminals and philosophers share is a sense of being an outsider

Education

Canadian Education Is Steeped in Anti-Black Racism

November 29, 2017June 10, 2020 - by Robyn Maynard

For many Black youth, schools can be places of degradation, harm, and psychological violence

Education

Ontario College Educators Are on Strike for Their Students

November 2, 2017April 2, 2020 - by Maxine Simon

We don’t need more salary boosts for administrators. We need increased resources for instructors and their classrooms

Books

What Western Education Didn’t Teach Me

October 24, 2017April 3, 2020 - by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

How a group of Nishnaabeg elders helped me to let go of what I’d learned and embrace Indigenous thinking