One day in kindergarten, I came home from school and begged my mom to buy me a box of Lunchables. For lunch, she had packed me a thermos of homemade fried rice, a traditional Chinese dish with mixed rice, peas, …
The time has arrived, when we shall overlook our differences, and work hard to combat the widespread discrimination many of our communities face everyday. There are many injustices that I could mention, but some of the most targeted communities include …
May is the international Mental Health Awareness Month, and as such, this post will be dedicated towards sharing a few tips on how I personally try to maintain positive mental health. It is important to note that as I write …
When I tell people I work in food security, they generally blankly stare at me and a hesitated “Oh, that’s great” comes out of their mouth, perhaps somewhat instinctively.
I get it, “food security” sounds like a made up concept. …
From March 2018 – October 2018, we connected with over 920 students to engage them in conversation about municipal involvement. We did this work through delivering our Youth Civic Voices workshop, in collaboration with and funded by the City of …
This is the second installment of a three-part series on social stigma—a term that I would define as the negative connotations and prejudice people may have about an individual or specific group of people. This week, I wanted to write …
It can be hard to understand what exactly reconciliation is and why it is essential for us as young Canadians to play our part in creating such change. The truth is that whether the issue directly impacts you or not, …
the noise, the grief, the terror
come sudden and aching—
take our breath, our thoughts, our senses away.
we don’t know how to stop faking
that we’re deaf, and have nothing to say.
and when the world is this loud,…
Passing, what does that mean to you? Maybe a test score higher than 50%, overtaking someone in your car or time going by. To people of colour however, it means something completely different; for me it means identity. “White-passing” is …
we need a generation
whose minorities aren’t told that they interrupt.
we need a generation
for whom the time was always up.
we need a generation
whose systems and industries aren’t corrupt.
we need a generation
where empathy is the …