Coming from a poor family with limited means, studying overseas on a scholarship was my only way out. I was lucky to get an opportunity to study at a top university in India. I just completed my Masters in Computer Applications (MCA) in New Delhi. I was supposed to board a flight back home in [...]
Problem Disney has trademarked the Swahili phrase “Hakuna Matata”. Join us and say NO to DISNEY or any corporations/individuals looking to trademark languages, terms or phrases they didn't invent. "Hakuna matata" is a Swahili language phrase from East Africa; translate, it means "no trouble". The word "hakuna" means "there is not here" while "matata" means[.....]
The picture above cost a child’s life because Canadian school buses have no seatbelts. Thousands of Canadian children are being injured and in some cases killed because school buses aren’t equipped with seatbelts. If they were, these tragedies could be prevented. I started this petition because I’m a school bus driver and I’m the only one[.....]
Call for a National Day of Mourning Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc confirmed on Thursday May 27, 2021 the remains of 215 lost loved ones, children, had been found on the site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School. The tragedy is unimaginable. Survivors of residential schools and their families carry the burden of this tragedy and it[.....]
“Why couldn’t you just keep your knees together?” “Clearly, a drunk can consent.” “We can say she is a little overweight, but she has a pretty face, huh?” It would be shocking for anyone to say this kind of thing to (or about) a sexual assault survivor. But these are all recent quotes from Canadian[.....]
Students in Ontario (and everywhere) should be allowed to be their authentic selves in every sense. The current policies in the Ontario education system are inhibiting students from doing so. As a transgender student in Ontario, I find it imperative that policies regarding the change of names and gender markers in Ontario schools be changed[.....]