When Hermida teaches visual journalism at UBC, he wants students to forgive themselves.
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Alex Migdal’s first time combining social media with journalism was in 2012 as the multimedia editor of The Gateway, the University of Alberta’s student paper.
The seagulls angle themselves toward the sunset / Same as me
During the eclipse, the birds went silent.
On the sidewalk are / heat and gum-turned-tar / and enough pigeons to slow you down.
Calling girls chiriya in Punjabi and many other South Asian languages is representative of the belief that we raise our girls with care, love and admiration, but ultimately their fate is decided for them.
Bain’s move to Canada was largely influenced by the downfalls of American academia. She was looking for an institution that was willing to expand — somewhere hiring scholars who actively engage with urgent social and political issues, a place that allows them to teach these topics without censorship.
The frayed threads of her blouse unravel and twist into feathers that coat her flailing arms until they become wings. Her calloused toes transform into gleaming talons that slice through her secondhand shoes.
Even now in Vancouver, UBC is home to the gulls. They perch themselves outside of the Nest, eating student leftovers from the turf — competing with the racoons — then ascend through the wind towards the ocean. I find so much comfort in knowing that they are everywhere.
The first and last book I ever stole from a library was titled something like, Birds: Everything You Need to Know.
When my mind can make out the peacock’s feathers vividly enough, the eyes almost wink, as if to acknowledge the grip that they have on the woes of maternal love.
When Dr. Scott Ramsay was 19 years old, he wasn’t in the hospital as a medical resident — but as a family member supporting his younger brother with stage 4 lymphoma.
The notion that law was only meant for the argumentative is something that’s always perplexed Dr. Carol Liao.
Not every piece of good literature is worth returning to. But in the case of Alice Munro’s short stories, there is always something that goes unnoticed, something the reader feels was missed the last time around that sheds further light on her characters.
At UBC, changing perceptions about Queerness in engineering frequently falls on the shoulders of students or student-run clubs like Gears and Queers.