Aidan Thompson

Copy Editor (Volume 49) | aidan@themedium.ca —Aidan is completing a major in Professional Writing and Communications at the University of Toronto Mississauga. He previously worked as the Associate Editor for the Arts and Entertainment section of The Medium, and currently works as the Copy Editor for The Medium. When he’s not catching up on course work or thumbing through style guides, Aidan spends his free time exercising (begrudgingly), singing (unmelodically), and trying (helplessly) to read David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest. The latter of which has taken 3 years to reach the 16th page. You can connect with Aidan at aidan@themedium.ca.

Opinion

Why I quit drinking in my twenties
A story of sobriety that doesn’t involve rehab, police, or addiction.

Aidan Thompson October 23, 2023January 2, 2024

I stopped drinking alcohol a few months ago; and in the time since, many friends have questioned my decision—some out…

Poetry Corner

Aidan Thompson October 23, 2023December 31, 2023

transcendenttranscendent Is it the days of grog and a runny nose that matter most or least?I sit in the sun,…

Arts

Conventions and Inventions in Blood Quantum
Jeff Barnaby’s 2019 zombie film reimagines the Hollywood western.

Aidan Thompson October 17, 2023October 19, 2023

Early in the epoch of Hollywood film, Indigenous men were presented as the stoic, fearless warrior—brave and silent. When the…

Opinion

Alive and Kicking
Gratitude is a Perspective

Aidan Thompson October 17, 2023October 19, 2023

Gratitude is perhaps the most pervasive treatment plan that the well-intentioned prescribe to the sad, scared, or emotionally secluded. “Just…

News

Moving homes just got a lot more expensive
The average rent for tenants who have been living in their homes for less than a year is significantly higher than for long-term renters.

Aidan Thompson October 9, 2023January 2, 2024

An analysis report recently published by Statistics Canada revealed that tenants who had moved into their current home within the…

Sports

The indigenous history of Canada’s national sport
Long before lacrosse was played for championships and titles, it belonged to Indigenous communities of North America.

Aidan Thompson October 3, 2023October 11, 2023

In 1637, a Jesuit Missionary from New France named Jean de Brébeu wrote in his journal about an Indigenous sport…

Lecture Me!

Lecture Me! On a new structure for science pedagogy
Professor Sheliza Ibrahim’s research on critical pedagogy and place-based education explores new frameworks of learning.

Aidan Thompson September 18, 2023September 18, 2023

Dr. Sheliza Ibrahim’s journey in education began at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), where she earned an Honours Bachelor’s…

Opinion | Satire

How not to be an asshole
You don’t have to overcomplicate your wine drinking experience.

Aidan Thompson September 18, 2023September 18, 2023

We all know an asshole. They jam their nose into their wine glass, make a sound like they’re gargling on…

Editorial

Editorial: Welcome to Volume 50

Aidan Thompson September 4, 2023September 4, 2023

Over this past summer, as each of us imagined the many ways we could reinvent The Medium with our own…

Alive and Kicking

Alive and Kicking: A column on mental health that’s funny, heartfelt, and maybe even helpful

Aidan Thompson September 4, 2023December 31, 2023

Nobody wants advice on depression from someone who’s never been depressed. Nobody wants to be talked through a panic attack…

Faculty Feature | Satire

University of Toronto debuts plan to expand academic representation
Chemtrails and Population Control and Moon Landings and Other Optical Illusions among new courses, set to debut this September.

Aidan Thompson April 3, 2023May 18, 2023

As part of an ongoing effort to improve academic representation, the University of Toronto Mississauga outlined several new courses that…

News | Satire

UTM construction project exposed as a front for psychological study
A source from the Department of Psychology reveals that a seven-year-long construction project at UTM is part of an ongoing study on distress tolerance, in which research students and faculty themselves are the guinea pigs.

Aidan Thompson April 3, 2023April 3, 2023

A graduate student in the University of Toronto Mississauga’s (UTM) Department of Psychology, who spoke on the condition of anonymity,…

2023 | Magazine

Pop Culture is Dead—But It’s Probably for the Best

Aidan Thompson March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

No modern band receives more undivided praise than The Beatles did in the 1960s. No fashion trend decorates the current…

Opinion | Satire

Hunting to be legalized in UTM’s community forest
A petition to legalize the hunting of UTM’s deer population has now collected over 22,000 signatures.

Aidan Thompson December 5, 2022April 3, 2023

A petition organized by the Recreational Hunters of the Peel Region (RHPR) calls for Doug Ford and the provincial government…

News

Students protest the continued employment of UTM professor found guilty of sexual harassment
The UTMSU and PEARS Project call for the termination of UTM professor Robert Reisz’s employment, following the U of T administration’s alleged silence regarding the issue.

Aidan Thompson December 5, 2022May 23, 2023

On November 30, 2022, students protested U of T’s inaction after an external investigation substantiated allegations of sexual harassment, racial…

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