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HEALTHY DEBATE -- As U.S. Supreme Court prepares to limit abortion rights, Canadian pro-choice advocates say we must stay vigilant

BY DANEESE RAO (FGJ ‘22) -- As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to overturn Roe vs. Wade and limit abortion rights, pro-choice advocates in Canada say it is important to remain vigilant when it comes to our own access issues. READ MORE. 

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NEWS DECODER -- In Ukraine war, Red Cross defends neutrality against critics

BY KATHARINE LAKE BERZ (FGJ ‘22) AND DANEESE RAO (FGJ ‘22) -- The Red Cross’s long tradition of neutrality is proving controversial in some quarters as it seeks to help victims on both sides of the war between Russia and Ukraine. READ MORE. 

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TORONTO STAR -- ‘Here comes another madman’: Ukraine’s painful echo for Polish Canadians who fled Soviets

BY KATHARINE LAKE BERZ (FGJ ‘22) AND DANEESE RAO (FGJ ‘22) - Eighty-nine-year-old Conrad Busch of Vancouver Island remembers holding the hands of his two younger sisters, his baby brother clinging to his back, as they pushed their way through a crowded railway station in Jablonowo, Poland, to escape the advancing Soviets. READ MORE. 

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HEALTHING -- 'Deep frustration and hatred of what your body is doing': The Girl Guides tackle period poverty

BY DANEESE RAO (FGJ ‘22) -- Advocates trying to make menstrual hygiene products and information more accessible have found some unexpected — but powerful — allies: Girl Guides. READ MORE.

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HEALTHY DEBATE -- ‘It will take time to rebuild trust’: Travel bans upended lives of African students in Canada

BY DANEESE RAO (FGJ ‘22) -- Fergie Galeromeloe doesn’t regret his decision to study actuarial science and statistics at the University of Toronto, but travel bans and restrictions have the Botswana native, along with other African students at Canadian universities, thinking about Canada differently. READ MORE. 

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NEWS DECODER -- Despite health warnings, skin-lightening products persist

BY DANEESE RAO (FGJ ‘22) -- Social media manager Chand Bhangal constantly received negative comments about her complexion growing up in the Canadian province of Ontario. “As a child, I was often told, ‘You’re too dark’ and ‘Stay out of the sun’ or ‘Your skin looks dirty,’” said the 24-year-old anti-racism activist. READ MORE. 

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TVO -- Here’s who Toronto should rename Dundas Street after

BY DANEESE RAO (FGJ ‘22) --  In 1793, Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe named a street in what would become the city of Toronto for his friend, the Scottish politician Henry Dundas. This past summer, 228 years after the fact, Toronto city council voted to rename Dundas Street, citing its namesake’s role in delaying the abolition of the slave trade in the British empire by 15 years. READ MORE.