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My Story is Not a Trend
Blaike Fane's experience with mental illness and how social media trends can oversimplify complex conditions.
How to Achieve Academic Success
Amanda Xu provides their tips for academic success, including motivation, study habits, and collaboration.
How to Avoid the Comparison Trap
Pranav Gunti shares their opinion on how not to compare yourself to others
Spotlight
Rethinking What it Really Means to be “Gifted”
Rory Duffy takes a critical look at what it means to be "gifted" in the Canadian school system and why the term might be misleading.
Bridging the Community: An Online Book Club
Shivani Kumeta speaks on how the creation of an online book club has helped to increase the feeling of community amongst members.
A Helping Hand: The Key to Better Writing
Joyce Xia Hong offers tips on how to improve your writing, including getting a friend to read over your work.
Stress & Mental Health
The Hundred-Dollar Lie: How I Stopped Buying Self-Care and Started Living It
Akshita Nittala redefines self-care, moving beyond expensive products and trends to find simple habits that support mental well-being.
The Unrealistic Media Portrayals Shaping the Teenage Lens
Prisha Mahajan takes at how inaccurate portrayals of teenagers in pop culture can impact teens in real life.
How Joining Debate Club Changed My Life for the Better
Isabella Ciaccia takes a look at how joining debate club improved her life.
Book Reviews
Invisibility With A Side of Academic Perfectionism: Review of If You Could See the Sun
Alice Su reviews If You Could See the Sun analysing its characters, plot and themes.
The Gilded Ones: Powerful, Tragic, and Heart-Wrenching
Iliza Habonimana takes us through the plot, characters and themes in Namina Forna's The Gilded Ones.
The Kite Runner: A Tale of True Friendship
Nikiita Kumar takes a look at the plot, characters and themes in The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
New Beginnings
Move and Adjust
Marlyse Mukuna recounts her experience moving from South Africa to Canada.
From Fear to Fluency: My Journey Through French Immersion
Eloise Gibbens takes a look at her personal journey through French immersion and how the program opened new doors.
Accepting Change in New Environments
Tani Martins goes through the experience of moving from Nigeria to Canada and the biggest differences between the two countries.
Advice
Finding Myself: How to Make the Most of Your Transition from Middle to High School
Prisha Mahajan takes a look at how to make a seamless transition between middle school and high school.
Mastering the Art of Overcoming Writer’s Block
Keerthi Anandkumar takes us through four tips for overcoming the hurdles of writer's block, including freewriting and using prompts.
How to Romanticize School and Studying
Brigitte Wong provides four tips on how to make school and studying more fun and enjoyable by romanticizing it.