Biodegradable Bug Plastic – The Future is Six-Legged Farheen Hassany September 14, 2018 News & Social Issues From insect-sourced protein supplements, to Nobel Prize-winning fruit fly research, to insect-based plastic, it seems insects are the organisms to look out for in the future. Researchers at Harvard Universit... Read More...
Tackling Stigma and Fostering Inclusion for Muslims with Special Needs Komal Adeel September 11, 2018 News & Social Issues Disability-based discrimination may seem like a problem of the past – most of us grew up in schools alongside special needs students, learning to be accepting of and empathetic towards them, in a society that p... Read More...
Liberty Chalein – Vancouver’s first Urdu play! Farheen Hassany September 4, 2018 Inspiring Individuals, Lifestyle & Entertainment, News & Social Issues Stop right there. Type “Liberty Chalein” into your search bar on Facebook, Instagram or Google. Now. This event is not an event you want to miss. Liberty Chalein is an Urdu play written by Sana Janjua. Prefo... Read More...
A Crime Against Humanity: The Libyan Slave Trade Imtisaal Mian September 3, 2018 News & Social Issues Slavery has been sweeping across Libya under a veil — the slave trade has been occurring for approximately two years with little talk of it outside of U.N. meetings. This issue has been largely ignored after th... Read More...
Young Artists For Syria: Painting the Path to Change Faiza Islam August 31, 2018 News & Social Issues A picture is worth a thousand words — and these young artists have found a story worth telling. Young Artists for Syria (YAFS), led by Aisha Hyder, is a project aiming to bring light to the Syrian conflict thro... Read More...
White Supremacy in Canada Sama Nemat Allah July 9, 2018 News & Social Issues If we close our eyes and block out all the noise, are all the terrible things around us still happening? If we choose to be selective, to see only the good and ignore the bad, are we being optimistic or just na... Read More...
Woke But Not Awake Komal Adeel June 18, 2018 News & Social Issues “Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains.” I first read this quote by French Enlightenment thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau in my twelfth-grade history class, and it immediately resonated with 17-year-ol... Read More...
Better Late Than Never Hiba Hashmi June 11, 2018 News & Social Issues With the unfortunate, consecutive disasters happening around the world lately, it is not enough to offer our prayers, our condolences and our immediate relief in times of crisis. With every natural disaster tha... Read More...
Voices of Change: Teens Leading the Charge On Gun Reform Naireen Hussain March 1, 2018 News & Social Issues As of Wednesday February 14th, the Columbine massacre in 1999 was no longer USA’s deadliest high school shooting. Fourteen students and three teachers were killed at a shooting at Majory Stonemann Douglas High ... Read More...
#Thinspiration: Body Image and Social Media Hiba Hashmi February 5, 2018 News & Social Issues In the 21st century, exposure to commercials and social media is unavoidable. If a Kardashian, Jenner or Hadid is not flashing a product at you on a billboard, they will surely appear on your Facebook or Instag... Read More...
