I met Ahmet (name changed) at university in Toronto during the first year of undergraduate in psychology. Ahmet used to be an academic at a…
“After witnessing his father and his uncle being murdered by the military, he fled his country at age of 19 and went through nine countries,…
When Ellen Chloë Bateman set out to work with Evan Mead, it was for the Autism and Dating Project. However, their story had to take…
“You have to have thick skin.” Joanne (name changed) is a woman and an apprentice in a male-dominated trade union. She has already experienced many…
One evening, while out for drinks at a bar in downtown Toronto, a friend of mine, Jason (name changed for anonymity), a resident and actor…
AJ Addae, a student at Northeastern University, created a poem in response to a statement sent out by the university. This statement was concerning the…
“Cover up your arms before you leave.” Growing up, I heard this refrain a lot. But not out of fear of harmful sun, or out…
Rachel Blake’s poem is a stance against the stigma, discrimination, and fear that surrounds mental illness. Rachel herself has had a mental condition for as…
In 2014, a young boy (pseudonym ‘Kunkun’ for anonymity) was banished from his village in Sichuan, China after being diagnosed with AIDS. The villagers did…
Universities across Canada, such as Carleton University and the University of Toronto, have established gender-neutral washrooms on campus to create safe spaces for members of…
