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Winged Words Series Story # 3 When I was 14, I visited my grandparents’ Seattle home to help my grandmother out after a hip replacement. I don’t remember much about the trip, only that I saw a guy walking up a very steep hill in the middle of the city wearing a raccoon tail as an accessory, and that American Costco sells churros. My only regret is that I was too young to try the city’s...

 Rest is a radical vision for a liberated future – @thenapministry When’s the last time you took a nap (without feeling guilty)? When’s the last time you did something restful (before you had the breakdown)? When’s the last time you reminded yourself that your value is not rooted in your transcript and is not calculable in 0.6 increments? I hope your answers to any of those questions...

 “We have to talk about liberating minds, as well as liberating societies”. In first year, we were encouraged to write letters to ourselves. These letters were to contain our ambitions, our fears, our worries and the words we aspired to live by. As part of the letter I wrote to myself, I included an excerpt of a blog I wrote when I was 18 years old. “To be Black, is to be radiant. A radiance...

Is it my fault I was born this way? With melanin so dark you can’t even throw shade There is pain that lives deep down in my soul I feel like I’m being buried alive every time I hear the words “BLACK IS NOT BEAUTIFUL” I look at my reflection and all I can see is an embodiment of lies, constant relegation and skin that lacks beauty I feel like I’m drowning in waters polluted with...

This year has been a memorable one. We have experienced many notable events including the fires in Australia, the COVID-19 pandemic, and protests against racial injustice. In addition to all the world’s events, this year has impacted us all in different ways. As we near the end of the year, we challenge you to write a letter to yourself. We encourage you to take some time to reflect on this year...

Dean Condon,  Members of equity-seeking groups called on the Osgoode Hall Law School administration (“the Administration”) to advocate for tuition cuts in a motion advanced at Faculty Council, in light of students commencing the 2020-2021 academic year amid precarious times. Osgoode Hall’s Faculty Council passed the motion and, in doing so, made a commitment to support a tuition reduction...

Talking Rights & Freedoms with the CCLA’s Michael Bryant Walk five minutes east from Eglinton subway station past city arteries exposed by crazed LRT construction and take a left at the lights. Nine floors up, you’ll find seven people in seven offices working carefully and conscientiously to protect rights and freedoms that most of us probably take for granted. Those seven people – five...