If The Day of Judgement Dawns Tomorrow
In 2022, at the start of my second year at the University of Toronto Mississauga, I took a 100-level philosophy…
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On retrofuturism and our culture of convenience
A couple of weeks ago, I was searching for a book titled The Greening of America by Charles A. Reich….
The Winds, The Watch, and The Wasteland
This place has no name. It is no longer worthy of one. Most residents simply call it “the waste.” Those…
Two Futures, One Truth
We combined wood, cloth, gears,And we took to the sky.We encased ourselves in metal and heat,And we hurtled to the…
Welcome to “Echoes of Tomorrow” — Editor’s Note
Retrofuturism is a vision of the future, from the past. Picture those iconic tales of shimmering spacecrafts on silver screens…
Cloverdale Mall’s redevelopment plans point to a steady decline in retail spaces
Shopping centres in the GTA are shutting down. Their downfall reveals the downside of increased online shopping.
Online shopping has steadily increased for Canadians, spiking dramatically in the last few years after the pandemic. This increased online…
Redefining home
The search for belonging in the smallest of places.
For the first 18 years of my life, I lived in the same house. My definition of home was the…
The summit-less mountain of achievement and productivity
I am doing nothing this summer, and I am not guilty about it.
On a late evening last summer, my friend and I were lying on a sun-kissed patch of grass atop a…
Volume 50 and beyond
Our reflections on our year, The Medium, and student journalism.
Another school year has come and gone, and with it, ends Volume 50 of The Medium, the University of Toronto…
You are not helpless
You have the power to do good and influence the world.
Helpless. That is how I feel watching the hollowing cheeks of a child. The desperation of a father as he…
Gaza’s entire population is currently facing unprecedented hunger crisis
People in Gaza have resorted to eating animal feed and grass as Israel continues to block the delivery of aid supplies that include food.
Since December 2023, 100 per cent of the population in Gaza has been facing a hunger crisis due to the…
March News Briefs
UTM hosts Sustainability Week for the fifth year in a row From March 18 to March 22, the University of…
Ontario gears up for a spectacular solar eclipse experience
Nearly a million Canadians plan to journey to Niagara Falls for the celestial spectacle.
Millions are preparing to watch this year’s total solar eclipse on April 8. Ontario is hosting a variety of experiences…
Bidding wars are making a comeback in the GTA’s housing market
The neighbourhood with the hottest overbidding, Victoria Square in Markham, has an average overbid amount of C$255,000.
Parts of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are experiencing a comeback of overbidding, with the majority of overbid neighbourhoods in…
Raptors Wrap-Up: Looking Forward
The Toronto Raptors haven’t won a game since I last wrote about them, in fact, they’ve only won one game…