WHERE ARE THEY NOW? THE BATTLE FOR GSAs IN PUBLICALLY-FUNDED INSTITUTIONS L. Iksander, Contributor The updated sex-ed curriculum is a much-needed step in the right direction. Before this update, Ontario’s sex education curriculum had not been updated since 1998, making it the oldest in the country. When I read the new curriculum, I was so happy […]
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The Boy from Anorexia
A POWERFUL STATEMENT ON BODY IMAGE AND BOYHOOD. Written by Nick Catania It’s a difficult subject. I'm sure we've all thought about how our bodies look, what others think, and the extent to our attractiveness. From the shape of our nose to the tips of our toes, no one has been left untouched from the […]
No Room for Silence
SEX, BULLYING AND THE UNCERTAINTY IN BETWEEN. Molly McFarlane, Special Contributor I moved to a small town an hour and a half north of Toronto halfway through grade one. Although fortunate to live in a beautiful new home on the lake, the closest public school to my home was one neighbourhood over. Of course my […]
Seventeen Years: The Protest Continues
Rewind to the first weekend in June. I was called down to review the Shaw Festival’s production of Sweet Charity. We bicycled through the various vineyards of the Niagara region, spent time with both sides of his family and topped it off with the season’s front-running show. It was an amazing weekend. As a Torontonian, […]