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Identity and storytelling collide for Shellene Drakes-Tull

In the mid-eighties, a preteen Shellene Drakes-Tull anticipated the newest release from the Gazette De Quebec paper every weekend. With each page, she crawled...

Is there a way out of local journalism’s funding troubles?

Durham College has suspended its journalism program and is no longer accepting intakes. This is another blow to the viability of local news amid...

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Identity and storytelling collide for Shellene Drakes-Tull

In the mid-eighties, a preteen Shellene Drakes-Tull anticipated the newest release from the Gazette De Quebec paper every weekend. With each page, she crawled...

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Identity and storytelling collide for Shellene Drakes-Tull

In the mid-eighties, a preteen Shellene Drakes-Tull anticipated the newest release from the Gazette De Quebec paper every weekend. With each page, she crawled...

Hockey gear program brings joy and opportunity to Indigenous youth

Children walked into the arena carrying garbage bags instead of hockey bags. Some held their hockey gear in garbage bags, others clutched helmets with...

Is there a way out of local journalism’s funding troubles?

Durham College has suspended its journalism program and is no longer accepting intakes. This is another blow to the viability of local news amid...
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Identity and storytelling collide for Shellene Drakes-Tull

In the mid-eighties, a preteen Shellene Drakes-Tull anticipated the newest release from the Gazette De Quebec paper every weekend. With each page, she crawled...

Hockey gear program brings joy and opportunity to Indigenous youth

Children walked into the arena carrying garbage bags instead of hockey bags. Some held their hockey gear in garbage bags, others clutched helmets with...

Is there a way out of local journalism’s funding troubles?

Durham College has suspended its journalism program and is no longer accepting intakes. This is another blow to the viability of local news amid...

Ontario’s housing crisis is causing women to go back to their abusers

Riley Spigarelli, executive director of the Bethesda House, an emergency women’s shelter in Bowmanville, supports women and children who are living in fear and...

The Connector: How Asennaienton Frank Horn builds solutions for Indigenous communities

Saganaska Place, located in Belleville, Ont, is an affordable apartment building designed to provide off-reserve housing to both Indigenous people and residents.After a series...

Warm transfers in a cold reality

As the cold wind sweeps in, warm cups of hot chocolate pass through a community that often gets the cold shoulder from society. With...

Decades of erasure leave Indigenous languages endangered nationwide

When Sol Mamakwa, MPP for Kiiwetinoong, rose at Queen’s Park on May 21, 2024, he began speaking in Anishininiimowin, or Oji-Cree, an Indigenous language.His...

Moving forward: Breaking cycles of criminalization for racialized communities

When Kent Larson’s phone rings in the afternoon, he knows what to expect before he even looks at the screen.It’s usually one of the...

Ben Earle says reflection is key to building a meaningful career

Getting off a long plane ride with two young children and getting into a taxi with a flat tire is not the best start...

Writing through the wrong turns: the journey that led a journalist to her passion

“Everything you do is worth something… It’s setting you up for something else, it’s teaching you something, even if it’s a failure,” said journalist,...

A life of learning: Mike Buckland’s path through service and connection

For Mike Buckland, learning and teaching have never been separate acts. His life, guided by Indigenous ways of knowing, moves in rhythm with curiosity,...

Support for Ukrainians

Durham Region has done a lot to support Ukrainian refugees coming into the community. However, there is still more to be done to help those in need. Here is Brendan Robins on how Durham can continue to support Ukraine and local Ukrainians.