Green Shirt Day Written by Preston Miller Logan’s Story On April 6, 2018, the Humboldt Broncos bus crash sent shockwaves across Canada, leaving the nation to mourn the loss of sixteen lives and grappling with the physical and emotional scars of thirteen survivors. Amidst this heartbreak, the story of Logan Boulet emerged as a beacon of hope. Logan, a defenseman for the Humboldt Broncos, tragically succumbed to his injuries a day following the crash. Inspired by his mentor, Ric Suggitt, he had previously registered as an organ donor, a decision that led to the preservation of six lives. This selfless act catalyzed the “Logan Boulet Effect,” significantly boosting organ donor…
A Price to Pay Written by Preston Miller Introduction The Canadian government’s ambitious $10/day childcare scheme, aimed at making childcare affordable for families nationwide, has sparked a heated debate among politicians, childcare providers, and families. The policy, designed to alleviate the financial burden on parents while ensuring children have access to quality early learning, is now under scrutiny for its unintended consequences and implementation challenges. Background To support families and reduce the cost of childcare, the federal government launched a nationwide policy to cap daycare fees at $10 per day. Inspired by a similar approach in Quebec, this policy promised to make quality childcare accessible to all Canadian families (Government…
This article was written by Liam Devitt The land that we call ‘Canada’ was not always called so. The history of Canada is the history of settler colonialism—the sustained project of the displacement and replacement of this land’s Indigenous peoples with white colonizers to further the goals of white, imperial capital. As much as some would like to ignore it, this is Canada’s past and present. This month’s essay will provide a short introduction to settler colonialism as a term, and relate it directly and critically to national myths. This essay is in no way intended to be expansive or exhaustive in its examination of settler colonialism. Rather, my hope…
