Conviction (2019): Gender and Injustice
The 2020 ReFrame Festival’s second screening on its first official full day was Nance Ackerman’s Conviction, a Canadian documentary about a group of women in a Nova Scotia Women’s Prison. …
Opinion
Push (2019): Housing as a Human Right
Push examines the contemporary global issue of housing affordability. This film is not just about gentrification, as scholar Saskia Sassen points out: “when I hear people say it’s gentrification. One …
If Tories Want To Win, Poilievre Is Their Best Bet
Where does Conservative politics belong in 2020? It seems that the return to the Harper years are almost upon us. The Conservative leadership is up in the air once again, …
Smartphones: Social Tool or Social Isolation?
These days, a smartphone allows you to text, watch videos, send emails, play games, and listen to music all at the same time! It sounds like a profound piece of …
Stay-At-Home Student: A Personal Story
As a University student, I often skip class for a multitude of reasons. This includes poor weather conditions, the fact that the learning materials are easily accessible online, and sometimes …
ReFrame: Film as Activism
With the ReFrame Film Festival just around the corner (January 23 to 26, 2020), I have been exploring the idea of what it means to make films for the sake …
Top Five Hiking Trails in the Peterborough and Kawartha Area
Looking to get out into nature over the winter break? You don’t have to go far to find beautiful forested hiking trails with sleepy creeks winding through bushes and hills …
The Climate Crisis and Strategic Voting
If we look at our day to day lives, we have to be aware of how the climate crisis relates to politics. The term “politics” sparks many mixed feelings from …
Don Cherry’s Comments Weren’t About Poppies
By now, certainly everyone in Canada has heard the news of Don Cherry being fired from his role as a commentator on Hockey Night in Canada for Sportsnet. His firing …
Say Cheese.
Many of us had to read George Orwell’s novel 1984 in high school. We studied it as a prediction of the future which we were told would never came to …