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Volume 47, Issue 21 (January 25, 2021)

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News

A review of the UTMSU in 2020

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With the ongoing pandemic, the past year has been challenging for all students and faculty. However, the University of Toronto Mississauga Students’ Union (UTMSU)...

Shipment delays threaten Ontario’s vaccination program

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The Ontario government began the first stage of its three-phase Covid-19 vaccine immunization program...

Julie Payette resigns as 29th Governor General

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On January 21, Governor General Julie Payette announced her resignation from her position after...

Comment

Recapping one full year of the Covid-19 lockdown

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Exactly one year ago, on January 25, 2020, the first reported case of Covid-19 was identified in Ontario, Canada. When I first heard the news, I was shocked, but frankly skeptical, about the gravity of the situation. It was only on March 7, 2020,...

America may have a new driver, but the warning lights are still flashing

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Just two weeks after the Capitol was ravaged by conspiracy-addled Trump supporters, Joe Biden...

A&E

The boom and benefits of streaming video games

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In August 2013, Swedish gamer Felix Kjellberg—also known as “PewDiePie”—became the most-subscribed channel on YouTube. His popularity proliferated with his “Let’s Play” videos, which...

The most controversial movies of the 21st century

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Movies are powerful. They can influence our beliefs, shape our morals, and coerce our...

BTS’ newest album BE is the soundtrack of the pandemic

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In 1603, when Shakespeare put his quill to paper and penned the first line...

Weaving different cultural perspectives into Is, But Will Be

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If you’ve strolled through the UTM campus recently, you may have come across the...

Features

Looking at Toronto after the first wave

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Dr. Shauna Brail, an associate professor at UTM’s Institute for Management and Innovation, is passionate about urban life, and her previous research endeavors have...

A virtual segment on Quebec’s diversity and inclusion of multicultural authors

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Beginning a new life on unfamiliar grounds presents a unique set of adversities. Immigrant...

Covid-19’s role in Canada’s economic downturn

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Despite Covid-19 vaccine shipments arriving in Canada, the virus continues to devastate intensive care...

Sports

University of Saskatchewan finds troubling impacts of Covid-19 Isolation on University...

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Confined to learning from home, isolated from their peers, students and their daily schedules have arguably been most notably affected by the pandemic. The University...

Science and religion share common ground when it comes to stress

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A study from the University of Illinois, led by Florin Dolcos, examines how religion and psychology...

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