Toronto youth

As a student leader at the University of Waterloo, I have seen first-hand the rising fear and anxiety my peers experience regarding the present realities and the future of our communities and the planet. 

Post-secondary institutions such as U of T should be leading the response to the global environmental threat by offering clear, transparent and detailed proposals backed by genuine accountability.

Students are demanding the University of Toronto's federated schools also commit to moving their investments out of fossil fuels. Less than an hour’s drive north, students at York University want their school to follow suit.

Premier Doug Ford's government is going ahead with changes to tenancy law that would make it easier for landlords to evict renters just as the COVID-19 pandemic is swelling the ranks of those falling into arrears.

With Toronto’s downtown offices shuttered, couriers are delivering fewer and different things. Food delivery riders are meanwhile taking deliveries directly to customers’ doors, potentially putting themselves at risk.

Four Toronto artists started a nightly online queer dance party as soon as the city’s live venues were shut down to limit the COVID-19’s spread. It’s been a month now, we’re all still in quarantine and Club Quarantine is settling in for the long haul.