by Jeffrey Mo | 16 Mar 2022 | Conflict, Culture, Europe, Identity, Refugees, Ukraine, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
Thousands of miles from war in Ukraine, Canadian students study the language, culture and religion of their ancestors in Eastern Europe. Protesters demonstrate against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 27 February 2022. (Jason...
by Jill Moffatt | 8 Mar 2022 | China, Human Rights, Sport, University of Toronto Journalism Fellows
China is spotlighting the Paralympic Games and winning medals. But do its broadcast coverage and athletes’ success mask inequitable rights? China’s athletes parade at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, 4 March 2022. (AP...
by Tira Shubart | 3 Mar 2022 | Discovery, Environment, Space, Technology
Part of a rocket from a Chinese mission will crash onto the moon this week, adding to debris from humans that is accumulating on the lunar surface. The moon, seen from Berlin, Germany, 11 January 2022 (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File) Tomorrow, a crater on the far side of...
by Jonathan Sharp | 16 Feb 2022 | China, Europe, Eyewitness, Politics, Sport, United States
Fewer than four decades ago, an emerging China joined its first Olympic Games. Like today, geopolitics loomed large at the Los Angeles event. Members of the Chinese Olympic team line up before the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, 28 July...
by Tiziana Barghini | 8 Feb 2022 | Decoders, Economy, Technology
Many experts think tech giants have grown too powerful. But they disagree over how best to regulate emerging technology without stifling innovation. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at an antitrust hearing before the U.S. Congress in Washington, DC, 10 April 2018 (AP...
by Li Keira Yin | 2 Feb 2022 | China, Contest winners, Discovery, Identity, Personal Reflections, Student Posts, Thacher School, Youth Voices
Our family used to gather in joy around my grandfather’s couch. He and his sofa are now gone, and I wonder if home will ever be the same. Taken in Shenzhen, China in 2013. The author is hiding behind a cousin, second from right. (All photos courtesy of Li Keira...
by Vedaste Nsengiyumva | 21 Jan 2022 | Africa, Culture, Identity, Kepler, Personal Reflections
People living in cities can have trouble valuing peasants from the countryside. But not all that is nice is made in cities! We depend on each other. Peasants carrying ‘matokes,’ a type of banana, to Kayonza market in eastern Rwanda (all photos by Vedaste...
by Lotte Diry | 18 Jan 2022 | Discovery, European School Brussels, Identity, Personal Reflections, Student Posts, Youth Voices
The person in the mirror is not familiar to me at all. I’m tired and empty, and she is pretty and happy. Where can I find the real ‘me’? I wish I looked like me Gasping for air I open my eyes. Distorted images of boneless hands on my skin slowly fade...
by Abdul-Kudus Alhassan | 14 Jan 2022 | African Leadership Academy, Culture, Discovery, Identity, Personal Reflections, Student Posts, Youth Voices
Where I grew up, the kitchen was a “no-go” area for males. But my love of food has helped teach me how to live a successful life as an African man. Koose (Wikimedia Commons/Linason Blessing) Old faded curtains lazily draped over the windows on either side...
by Urvashi Bundel | 10 Jan 2022 | Americas, Art, Culture, Donald Trump, Personal Reflections, Politics, Youth Voices
A year after supporters of ex-U.S. President Donald Trump attacked the Capitol Building, a young poet reflects on the American dream — or nightmare. A police officer stands on the steps of the U.S. Capitol before a prayer vigil marking the one-year anniversary of the...