Taking a gap year is punk as hell

Who here wants to be in university right now? For those who don’t, why are you here? I don’t intend to bash higher education...

Learning Spanish made my world more expansive

When I was around eight years old, I had a friend who used to take me to her church’s community hall on weekends. Being...

Carney’s proposed austerity measures fail working-class Canadians

The finance minister François-Philippe Champagne says even his mother understands the basic household principle of “spend less, save more.” What Champagne was referring to...

Latin music is integral to our playlists

I was first introduced to Latin music in grade nine, when I began studying Spanish. Somewhere between the syncopated percussion, rhythmic guitar strums, and...

Brighter Side: Dough-eyed

There are few practices I hold in reverence the way I do the art of bread-making. The smell of yeast, flour, water, and olive...

It’s time to rethink our hockey obsession

Multiculturalism and hockey are often portrayed as encapsulating the Canadian identity; however, the two don’t seem to intersect. This sentiment is shared in an...

Hobbies are integral to combating toxic productivity

Capitalist societies program us to believe it’s unproductive to set time aside for leisure activities. I’ve countlessly fallen victim to this mindset myself. If...

We need to persist beyond symbolism

Every September 30, since 2021, we see public statements made by institutions and corporations that are still operating on unceded land — statements to...

The myth of a “correct” English keeps us policing ourselves

When my family moved out of India a decade ago, I landed in an American school in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was a bizarre reality...

Convenience isn’t always indulgence

Working in the food service industry, we often receive single-item delivery orders for something easy to make. When that happens, at least one person...