Columns

I was relieved when I officially finished my first semester in April. The length of a full semester is only four months, but it was like a year for me. I finally finished my night patrolling (regular readers of the column know what I’m talking about) and could get some peaceful sleep at night after […]

Nobody (2021) 3/4 Before I sat down with my popcorn to watch Nobody, I had one simple question: can Bob Odenkirk be the next big action hero? From what I saw in this movie, the answer is a definitive yes. It brings me great pleasure to say Odenkirk is superb in his role as Hutch […]

When I went through old yearbooks recently, I was wondering how much my female teachers have shaped my views of leadership. They always were strong women who showed extraordinary leadership, and they were also very heartfelt and empathetic. I wish I could ask my former male classmates if they felt the same. If they cared. […]

It was confusing deciding whether or not to take a summer break this year. I know many people would usually just prefer to finish off their programs as soon as possible. However, for international students, this decision needs to be taken with a lot of caution and thought, especially for those students who are expecting […]

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 […]