Against the Grain
Anna Sankar had always wanted a dog. Her heart fluttered as she was greeted by frantic yips and wagging tails at the animal shelter. Among the sea of hopeful faces, one stood out—a nine-year-old husky lab mix whom she named Axel. From that moment on, they were inseparable.
Pass the Pixel
If you’ve ever been in a room with flying cars, you’ll know the air is humid and there are a lot of potato chips. Such a place exists in Windsor, Ontario at St. Clair College. Once a year around mid-March, you can spot groups of twenty-somethings huddled over computer screens, trying to make cars fly.
Say Yes. Figure It Out Later
In 1985, thirty-nine year old Joanne Wilkinson stood in the wings instead of centre stage. As a nurse in the Kootenay mountain town of Kimberley, B.C., she had gotten involved with the local community theatre a few months earlier, creating costumes for her teenage son, Miles.
We Pray in Stairwells
There is an inescapable thrill that comes with sprinting to the closest prayer room during the five-minute break in an hours-long journalism lab, hoping to return before the professor switches to the next slide.
The Spectrum Is Wide
Twenty-five-year-old Irene Chon sits stiffly in a small, private clinic in December of 2021. The room is small, with only a desk separating her and the clinician, who is about to assess her for autism spectrum disorder.
Kitchen Nightmares
It started as a part-time restaurant gig—a way to pay the bills. Five days a week at four p.m., twenty-year-old Yusra Khalil opened the doors to the gilded entrance of Verity, a membership-only women’s club in downtown Toronto.
Wise Words on Personal Style
In the summer of 2023, I found myself sitting at a coffee shop right below my apartment in De Pijp, a trendy neighbourhood in south Amsterdam. I wore silver knee-high boots and a patterned ruffle skirt.
‘The Lights Felt Dimmed inside My Brain’
On August 15, 2013, while playing for Team Alberta against Team British Columbia during the national championships in Vancouver, Justine Cowitz experienced her first rugby-related concussion. “I don’t think I ever returned to normal,” she says.
Don’t Worry, This Will Be Painless
The doors of Guelph General Hospital slid open as Taylor Taylor made her way into the emergency waiting room with her husband, Paul Taylor, just behind her. It was 2011 and the two were in their early twenties.
Between Friends & Faith
I had little clue that my first conversation with William would bring me here. We had messaged but hadn’t spoken face to face in almost a decade. But that closeness we had as kids when you call someone a brother, doesn’t just go away.