Why our smallest companions deserve both caution and admiration Harsh Sandilya (He/Him) // Contributor Jasmin Linton (she/her) // Illustrator Cameron Skorulski (he/him) // Production Manager Dear Microbes, I admit that…
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The Most Contagious Strain Is Racism
A blend of blatant and inadvertent racism spreads far more widely than the disease itself Jayde Atchison (She/Her) // Opinions Editor Next month we will be hitting the two-year anniversary…
How The Pandemic Has Changed Our Relationships
I look back on my middle-school self with a mixture of derisive amusement and pity. The kid who was so out of the loop, he didn’t even try to fit in, the kid who thought playing Minecraft at lunch and breaking the school beep test record twice in two days would do anything but alienate me from the general population. I had friends, but I couldn’t really be myself around them. The primal human instinct to gravitate towards other people was completely lost on me.
Yell All You Want, Just Do It Somewhere Else
When protesting turns into arrogance, it’s time to go home Kaileigh Bunting // ContributorMegan Barry // Illustrator I’ve always prided myself in being a good mediator—someone who could always find…
The State of Student Mental Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in feelings of stress and anxiety in young people across Canada Joss Arnott // Staff Writer “I didn’t know I was depressed…
Virtual Reality: Is This Education’s New Normal?
Hassan Merali // Columnist Last March, a deadly pandemic seized the world and post-secondary education had to adapt its operations to new public health orders. We went from congregating on…
COVID-19 Loves to Travel as Much As You Do
Three days is too lenient to track and halt this virus from spreading Katherine Griffiths // ContributorSara Nguyen // Illustrator Many Canadian residents are panicking about the implementation of mandatory…
Cautiously Optimistic
What campus goers can expect the return to a new normal to look like Nirosh Saravanan // ContributorJanelle Momotani // Illustrator As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, it has become…
The Forest of Miracles: A Spiritual Place for Healing and Hope
Dundarave Festival provides housing for homeless seniors Bridget Stringer-Holden // Associate News Editor “If you’ve got someone who’s in their 70s or 80s and they’ve ended up couch surfing, how…