Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Uber says it has permanently suspended the driver. When Erika Szabo, a video game and anime YouTube personality, ordered an Uber on a Sunday afternoon following a guest appearance at a convention in Toronto, she was looking to get home quickly after a long day and shitty weather. Just as her Uber driver pulled up, however,…
It was an innocent mistake—but one that brought widespread humiliation on a noted Canadian journalist and illustrated just how much our country lags behind America in terms of race coverage. “Code-switching” is the act of changing the language you use, or how you express yourself in conversations, depending on the context. It’s a way to…
For nearly a century, the Canadian government took indigenous Canadians from their families and placed them in church-run boarding schools, forcibly assimilating them to Western culture. Children as young as 2 or 3 years old were taken from their homes, their language extinguished, their culture destroyed. With support from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting,…
As a divisive election tears Americans apart over questions of race and immigration, a CBC News poll suggests Canadians are right in believing they think very differently than their U.S. neighbours when it comes to multiculturalism. In fact, we’re more likely to think minorities should assimilate. In a national polling partnership between CBC and the…
Occupy Wall Street protestors. Photo via Flickr user Paul Stein It’s not news to anyone that the economy fucking sucks for pretty much everyone in the world who isn’t a Koch. Since the financial meltdown of 2008, discussions about the 99 percent, wealth inequality, and the many related economic and social issues have been prominent….
In May 2013, Gawker editor John Cook received a tip that the mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, had a habit of smoking crack cocaine, that a video existed showing the mayor smoking crack, and that the video could be available to a media outlet under the right terms. Cook traveled to Toronto, met with the…
“Cock up yuh bumpa, siddung pon it!” I knew the words, but they were coming from an unfamiliar voice. Drake’s quick interpolation of Popcaan’s 2014 hit “Love Yuh Bad” on Views’ “Too Good” felt stilted, an awkward attempt to reconcile the fact that Poppy was missing from the album’s cut of “Controlla.” For many American…
They sat calmly on the hot pavement; their black and gold outfits a jarring contrast to the sea of rainbow flags and banners surrounding them. Minutes earlier the parade – the crown jewel of Toronto’s month-long Pride celebrations – had been in full swing, its floats heaving through the city’s main arteries alongside thousands of…
Judge Robin Camp berated a sexual assault victim during a trial. Photo: Tetra Images/Getty Images Canadian Federal Court Justice Robin Camp, who was investigated for making insensitive comments during a sexual-assault trial, would like to keep his job, please. Camp oversaw the trial of Alexander Scott Wagar, who was…
Arthur Kapitainis is probably the most respected music critic in Canada. Just not by the Canadian Opera Company. When COC read his review for Mametto II online in the National Post they sent over a complaint to demand its removal (recte: two corrections). Unbelievably, the weak-kneed newspaper obliged. (see Comments below for COC account of…