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Happy International Women’s Day! Less talk, more action to end violence...
by Sarah Allan Happy International Women’s Day! I wish that this day could be spent celebrating the successes and achievements of women around the world, but sadly, though its 2013 and we have come a...
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Beyond Pink: Queer Straight Alliance Changing Minds at King George School
by Matea Kulić It may come as a surprise that King George Secondary School, just a stone’s throw from the vibrant Davie Gay Village in Vancouver, was without a Queer Straight Alliance (QSA) only six...
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SOIL: why we need to stop treating it like DIRT
by Kate Patterson Spring is here. Gardens are being planted, everywhere plants are flowering and the world is once again becoming green, so I thought it would be a fitting time to share some of my...
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March Against Monsanto – Photos of a Movement
by Deanna C. On Saturday May 25th I, along with hundreds of other Vancouverites, participated in the global ‘March Against Monsanto and GMO.’ What’s GMO? And who and what is Monsanto? And why do we...
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Becoming Green: How Hotels and Businesses Are Changing Around the World q
by Sam Marquit Going from independent contracting to commercial contracting really changed my attitude towards green building and materials. By choosing self-sustaining facilities, eco-friendly...
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A Scandal Plagued Summer: Politics, Religion & Pure Entertainment
by Tracy Giesz-Ramsay Regardless of how humble any group or organization starts out, and whether it has good intentions from the beginning or not, the longer it’s around and the larger it becomes, the...
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The War on You
by John Hembling One of the things commonly said about drug policy in the United States is that the “war on drugs” is an abject failure. Certainly recreational drug use in the US is as prevalent as...
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Stand up for Science – A call for evidence-based policy and freedom from...
By Sarah Allan I have a friend who has the word ‘SCIENCE’ tattooed across his stomach because, he explains, “Everything is science.” His explanation is succinct, but accurate, as science is about...
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The Life of A Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)
by Katharine Sawchuk Your heart rate quickens. There’s a surge of adrenaline and – there it is! – the anticipated drops of sweat soon follow. Senses are being assaulted from all angles and you tell...
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Mi’kmaq We Got Your Back!
Writing by Chelsey Geralda Denise Armstrong and Camina Manychief, Photographs by Sarah Allan By now, hopefully most of you have heard something about the RCMP attacks on a peaceful protest near...
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Russell Brand’s Anti-Voting Outrage Doesn’t Help Anything.
by Justin Shoub I was dismayed to see a whole bunch of perfectly intelligent, capable Canadians proudly announcing things like “THIS is why I’m not registered to vote” on social media recently while...
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Ukraine’s Culture and Population Decline; The EU Association Agreement
by Agnieszka Paulina Marcinek With the recent uproar concerning Ukraine and the EU Association Agreement, the country has turned the European spotlight onto itself – and not merely because of the...
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Yoga and the Women Who Never Heard of Lululemon
by Melanie Hadida Since 2007, I have spent several months of my life living and working at the Sambhavna Trust Clinic in Bhopal, India. The Sambhavna clinic is the product of a vision born out of...
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Voluntary Female Sex Work vs. Sex Trafficking of Women
by Rachel Safeek The difference between human sex trafficking versus consensual and/or voluntary sex work among women is a topic that I’ve been meaning to address for a long time. Oftentimes, when I...
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In the Hands of the Law
by Ayan Bihi Recently, as I was perusing through the black hole that can often be the internet, I stumbled upon a new word which later led to me discovering a recent injustice that sounded like a joke...
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Mmm Pesticides: Media Influence on our Perceptions of Organic Food
By: Kate Patterson A recent CBC headline prompted me to reflect upon the current state of our mass media and access to current, accurate and unbiased information. The headline of the article on CBC’s...
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Appropriation (?) of the Month: An Irishman walks into a bar…
…An open letter to those Canadians who are Irish, and those who wish they were. By Sinéad Liobhas (Jennifer Lewis) This is a cheeky look at the appropriation of Irish culture in Canada. Though I’m no...
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Jokes About Aboriginal Women Are Not Jokes
By Janelle Marie Baker The Canadian Government rejected the call for a National Inquiry into the estimated 582 missing Aboriginal women in Canada. How is this possible? I will begin with a story: I was...
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Rwanda, 20 Years Since Genocide – Witnessing How Education Changes the World
by Laura-Ashley Boden Every once in a while, a life event comes along that shakes you to your core. It’s the kind of occurrence where you are so deeply moved, that the world almost stops, time stands...
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‘Big Charity’ tells the Big and the Small Stories
by Sarah Allan It’s always a powerful thing when great people create a great documentary film. ‘Big Charity’ is a prime example. A documentary by Alex John Glustrom (Director), Ben Johnson (Co-Producer...
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