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Nomadland (2020) 3.5/4 What recent Oscar-winning film director Chloé Zhao does so well with her stunning Nomadland is expertly combine the nomad’s fascinating lifestyle, Frances McDormand’s master-class  performance, a hard-working crew, and the film’s timely messages about grief and loss, putting it all into one Academy Award-winning movie. But McDormand is what I liked best […]

A normal human eye has three types of cone cells, each of which can register around 100 distinct colour shades. Most experts believe that we can differentiate about 1,000,000 different colours. So, of all the colours available to us, why is pink equated with femininity? In January of 1953, Dwight Eisenhower became the 34th president […]

Exams are here! Actually, for any international student studying remotely, exams from abroad are here. We hardly thought we would make it to this point, but, eventually, we did. Initially, the exam structure of any Canadian college would come as a surprise for many international students from Asia and other parts of the world, with […]

Throughout this global pandemic, essential workers have being going around the clock to provide the public with services that will help us get through COVID-19. But one of the most essential aspects of everyday life has been overlooked: movies. Throughout this long and hostile pandemic, filmmakers have been working tirelessly to both preserve the film […]

With my final Unsettled and Striving column I want to lay out a few ground rules I’ve learned about being a European settler striving toward allyship. 

 1. Indigenous voices are to be heard first Although you may feel passionately about an Indigenous-led project and be in complete disagreement with the opposing colonial side of […]

Some of you might remember Barack Obama’s speech where he walked on the stage and said “For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Michelle’s husband, Barack.” How seriously great was that? I applauded loudly; still do. Feminism isn’t something only females should practice; all of us can be a feminist. And there are […]

It’s not easy to get a student Visa issued for any developed country around the world. We need to be familiar with every rule and regulation. Every international student knows that getting a study Visa issued or stamped in your passport does not instantly mean we can take a breath of relief. I must tell […]

As I write my final Freedom from Addiction column, I feel somewhat thwarted by writers’ block. I want my 33rd and final submission to Nexus to be good, and I want it to be impactful. What can I say about addiction that will inspire or help others, or open people up to a different reality? […]

I’ve learned a lot about treaties lately. Too often when I’m advocating for Indigenous rights I get an uninformed settler telling me, “Well, they signed the treaties. They agreed to the way things are.” I know now that this rebuttal is completely irrelevant. During the time of early European settlement here on Turtle Island, the […]

Periods have a lot of stigma surrounding them. Even mentioning them can make people uncomfortable. For something natural to the human species, it’s odd that it’s been marked as a taboo subject. Before we start off properly here, it’s important to note that it’s not just women who menstruate. There are plenty of people who […]