The question of virtual identities is one that is topical in the domain of contemporary culture, where the ways in which we identify ourselves are constantly changing and dependant on a variety of contexts. According to Susanna Paasonen (2002), “identity traditionally refers to the specificity of a person, of her/his personality and even inner […]
December 2005
Banning Guns Won’t Save Toronto
Prime Minister Paul Martin’s plan to ban handguns to combat the rise in violent crime in urban areas of Canada is not only ineffective, but outright ridiculous. (Not that Stephen Harper’s plan to increase policing and institute harsher penalties is any better.) What many politicians are still failing to realize is that controlling […]
James Bow for TTC Commissioner — and Sean Lerner too.
I just picked up this week’s Eye Weekly and came across a brilliant editorial where the Eye editors outline who should be taking up the two empty spots on the Toronto Transit Commission, and by the time I got to the third paragraph of the editorial, the first thought that passed through my mind was: […]
Russell Peters and Other Funny Canadians
I’ve noticed a lot of traffic to my site comes from people searching Russell Peters on Google, especially since I previously hosted a torrent of a Russell Peters video and then had a follow-up post on his new website. In fact, I can pretty much track Russell Peters’ popularity at any given moment by […]
Keep the Promise: World AIDS Day 2005
It has now been five years since the United Nations Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS was adopted by UN member states. Since then, some important developments have been made in the field of the control of the virus, but to many, there still isn’t enough being done — too many broken promises.
According to the […]