Opinion

Op Ed | Opinion

Welcome to Volume 53!
A message to our readers, writers, and community members as The Medium enters the 2026-2027 school year on the mission leading us this year and the new initiatives we’re bringing to UTM’s student paper.

Samuel Kamalendran and Aaron Calpito September 8, 2026September 8, 2026

To the members of The Medium’s community, It is a true honour and pleasure to welcome you all to Volume…

Op Ed | Opinion

Cuffing season is not the cure
Why do we treat lovers like subjects of romantic fantasies?

Camille Dornellas September 8, 2026September 8, 2026

The fall semester is approaching, and you start feeling the itch in your mind imagining how you’re going to meet…

Op Ed | Opinion

The social side of studying: our campus study spaces should encourage both academics and socializing
As cubicle culture replaces communal tables, what happens to the community that came with studying in the UTM Library basement?

Maryam Raheel September 8, 2026September 8, 2026

Most afternoons during the fall semester of 2023, I found myself heading down to the library’s basement floor. It was…

Op Ed | Opinion

It’s really tough loving Gloria Steinem
As students, we should problematize the praised and polished legacies of the white public intellectuals and icons whose wisdom is mainstreamed at the expense of black and brown voices.

Mashiyat Ahmed September 8, 2026September 8, 2026

On September 2nd, American feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem passed away in her New York City home at the…

Op Ed | Opinion

Are Canadian students apolitical?
Avoiding politics until the consequences catch up.

Nguyen Bao Han Tran March 30, 2026March 30, 2026

On February 14, more than 350,000 Iranian-Canadians and allies flooded the streets of Toronto, marching for a country most of…

Op Ed | Opinion

Graduating into nothing
What happens when “work hard now, relax later” stops making sense?

Aleeshah Heer March 30, 2026March 30, 2026

I graduate next year and I don’t know what the hell I’m supposed to do. I was told the same…

Editorial | Opinion

Farewell, Volume 52!
An adieu from our beloved Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor.

Aya Yafaoui and Samuel Kamalendran March 30, 2026March 30, 2026

I didn’t expect to be emotional writing this last editorial, but typing “HED, DEK, and BYLINE” for the last time…

Lost in Translation: Queerness in culture
Queerness is as old as humanity.

Mashiyat Ahmed, Madhav Ajayamohan and Grisha Sharma March 23, 2026March 26, 2026

Queerness is as old as humanity. Yet, our world attempts to discredit figures and experiences of queer people beyond the…

Op Ed | Opinion

Straight on Mondays, Gay on Tuesdays: The Biphobia Epidemic
Why has biphobia become so normalized in queer friendly spaces and relationships?

Mashiyat Ahmed March 23, 2026March 25, 2026

Bi-negativity. Bi-erasure. Biphobia. Monosexuality. Yet, there are a lot of aspects of my bisexuality that feel painfully foreign to me….

Op Ed | Opinion

(Hetero) Women’s obsession with gay media
The quiet jealousy built into romance.

Jessy Fan March 23, 2026March 23, 2026

It’s easier to watch two men fall in love than to watch a man choose a woman. That sounds extreme,…

Op Ed | Opinion

Pride as Propaganda: How Pinkwashing Justifies Violence
Pinkwashing is not a commitment to queer liberation, but a selective deployment of it.

Aleeshah Heer March 23, 2026March 23, 2026

There is a familiar question that comes up whenever queer people of colour speak up on global injustices: Why defend…

Op Ed | Opinion

Are We Splitting the Bill?
When “splitting” becomes selective.

Jessy Fan March 16, 2026March 16, 2026

The bill arrives, and suddenly, dating becomes math. Who pays? Who offers? Who pretends to reach for their wallet first?…

Op Ed | Opinion

Too comfortable for community
Discomfort is a small price for community.

Rebecca Christopher March 16, 2026March 26, 2026

It’s really funny how much we avoid something the minute it becomes inconvenient or uncomfortable for us. Some of us…

Op Ed | Opinion

The voices that build America
Bad Bunny and the Latin American identity at the 2026 LX Super Bowl.

Adriana Esperanza Ojeda Beltran March 16, 2026March 16, 2026

The 2026 LX Super Bowl halftime performance was inspiring, filled with polemics, mixed emotions, resilience, and a demonstration of how…

Op Ed | Opinion

Between two languages
How bilingualism shapes the way I experience emotions

Maryam Raheel March 16, 2026March 16, 2026

In English, the word “love” extends across multiple contexts. We love our friends, our parents, our favourite song. Its association…

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