By Benjamin Akpan There are many topics today that make lots of people squirm with discomfort: rape, abortion, sexuality, vaccinations, and of course, slavery. It is a dark chapter in North American history and is practically ineffable in the public sphere. For the longest time, Hollywood has attempted to address the issue of slavery. With the 400th anniversary of slaves in America looming, it is important to evaluate the depiction of slavery in film, and whether these films are even necessary at all.
By Moboluwajidide Joseph Immigrating to Canada is a choice that is accompanied with a slew of challenges. However, often one of the least well-voiced or described challenges to racialized foreigners, is the sudden phenomenon of becoming part of a marginalized community. It is true that Canada is a largely accepting place relative to its southern neighbour, yet racial parity is still an ideal being striven towards. For myself, as an international student taking up studies in a new place, the question of what it meant to be Black in spaces where it wasn’t normative, was one that I had never even imagined.
By Carolina Salinas Hepatitis is a disease that causes the inflammation of liver. This organ has a wide range of digestion functions that help contribute to having a perfect performance in a human body.
By Amin Fereg
It’s easy to commemorate the legacy of Black Canadians during the month of February, but it’s important to recognize that Black History is too rich for it to be celebrated during Black History Month.
Black history is in fact also Canadian history, and should be treated as such.
By Alexandra Few Chief Deryn Rizzi is the first woman to be appointed fire chief in an urban setting of Ontario. While she has made history, she has also accomplished an extensive education and is pursuing her PhD.
By Moboluwajidide Joseph The Ontario Council for Agencies Serving Immigrants’ takes on the battle against gender violence through the graphic novel, Telling Our Stories: Immigrant Women's Resilience. Written by immigrant and refugee women, for immigrant and refugee women, the work recounts their experiences as inspirational stories of resilience. The book also has multilingual editions and can be ordered in Urdu, Punjabi, Dari, Arabic, Tamil, Armenian, Somali, Chinese, and Spanish, as well as the official languages: English and French.
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