CONGO: A CRITICAL POLITICAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE WAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND ITS EFFECTS ON WOMEN
Sixty years ago, the world gasped in horror at the discovery of a program of systematic murder intent on annihilating particular groups of people, most notably…
Read articleIPCC FAQ PART I (BURCH REMIX) (OR TAMING THE LEVIATHAN: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE INTERGOVENMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE)
Frequently contradictory evidence regarding the current state of knowledge about climate change, accompanied by sensationalized media reports and rhetoric-laden political battles have made climate change a…
Read articleA Short History of Canada’s Most Famous Citizen: The Canadarm
1981 The Canadarm debuts as the universe’s most famous arm when it makes its inaugural flight on the space shuttle Columbia. 2001 The bigger, better, longer…
Read articleTHIRD WORLD DEBT
Innumerable afflictions plague the world’s poor and disadvantaged. The financial debt owed by underdeveloped countries to international financial institutions, commercial and regional development banks, as well…
Read articleSTREET CULTURE
This piece won the 1st prize in the Academic category of the 1st Terry Writing Challenge. Just the other week I attended a provocative poetry recital.…
Read articleWOMEN’S LOCAL KNOWLEDGE – TUMBLING BARRIERS?
This piece won 2nd prize in the General Public category of the 1st Terry Writing Challenge. “Hunger is a complex crisis. To solve it we must…
Read articleETHNIC CONFLICT IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
This piece was the 3rd prize winner in the Academic Category of the 1st Terry Writing Challenge. A city is an amazing place full of diversity,…
Read articleMUSINGS ON AMERICA AND EMPIRES
Hockey is the greatest sport ever. And I mean ever. No offense pankration (although what other sport required referees to be armed with sticks to enforce…
Read articleDEATH BY BUREAUCRACY: WHERE SCIENCE FALLS SHORT IN FIGHTING ONE OF THE WORLD’S DEADLIEST DISEASES
Disillusioned I stared weary-eyed at the glowing computer monitor as the next screen loaded. The words “Faculty/School – First Choice:” appeared next to a pull-down list…
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ASIAN ENOUGH?
By April Tam,
“You’re not Asian enough,” bluntly stated my housemate Tony. He was just in the process of explaining the stereotypical differences between Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese…
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