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In term two, I just hope to feel a bit more like myself again.
2021 was a weird year and honestly, it’s hard to say much more than that about it.
The beauty and elegance beholden to our melanin shades is far too magical for the world to comprehend. There’s power in our walk, one filled with strength and resilience. There’s beauty in the way we talk; it is as beautiful as a lullaby being sung to a baby barely holding onto wakefulness.
Growing up, I had an unrealistic and unhealthy relationship with my hair. I described any version of my hair that wasn’t straight as “rough,” “unkempt” and “not good enough.”
The winds still blow and the leaves still fall.
2021 was going to be the year that I would finally make the trip back, a Christmas miracle after three years of coal. However, well after my tickets were booked and my hopes were raised, the Canadian government dropped the news that eight African countries, including my own, were banned due to the emergence of the Omicron variant.
Term 2 started at 3:00 a.m. over Zoom in my dark living room.
“We really wanted to start this organization so that we could act like a big sister or older role model to younger girls,” said Leena Parhar.
The first episode of a new Indigenous-led podcast series called Love, Land & Spirit is set to be released on February 3.
All outings and events held by UBC Birding are open to all UBC students by registration, regardless of membership.
As an experiential learning course, UBCSolve will show that even within the span of twenty four hours, students can learn about development and the important skills that go along with that — empathy, connectivity and communication
And so, I wrote a sonnet about my favourite soothing drink in the hopes that it will soothe you as you read it.
Filled with despair, they pull themselves out of bed each morning, walk two steps to their desk and resume their Zoom lecture to which they hardly pay attention, scrolling through TikTok instead.
At the end of the year, I had a few more answers… and a heck of a lot more questions.