Anne Farrell

Sunday morning we woke up to music from the Punjab region echoing all over the street. For the past three years, I have lived with my family in the Parc Extension neighborhood in Montreal. In fact, Parc Extension is the…

The Ottawa Pride parade is scheduled for August 25. This year the organizers of the Ottawa Pride parade have decided to boycott Israeli companies that are directly involved in the Palestinian genocide. This decision has prompted several participants to withdraw…

The Montreal Bangladeshi community organizes a rally on Park avenue on wednesday night to support families and friends in Bangladesh protesting against quotas on government jobs. Many people at the rally believe that the system aims to favor the children…

While incessant Israeli bombardments began in Rahat in the Gaza Strip where nearly 450,000 Palestinians had to flee several areas shelled by Israel. McGill University students in Montreal are still mobilized and occupy the university grounds with several dozen tents.…

According to Statistics Canada, student enrolment in the humanities has been declining since 2008. For all postsecondary students, humanities enrolments have dropped by 50 percent over the past 30 years. However, this phenomenon is not isolated to Canada. According to…

When two strangers arrive at night, seeking refuge from a cyberattack that grows more terrifying by the minute, it forces everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world. The superb script, delightful photography direction, and impeccable…

Dear Mickey, like many people, I am stunned to see the level of violence exercised by Hamas militants on Israeli citizens. It is terrifying, all these acts of barbarism! But in retaliation, the response of the Israeli state to declare…

Last Wednesday as I landed in Montreal back from the inauguration of the Casa Giorgi Park of Study and Reflection in Italy. I learned that the Northern Quebec where I grew up was on fire and that several members of…

Dear M. Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, M.Prime Minister, you will meet in a few days the US President Joe Biden to talk about North America’s air defense agreement and other important issues. As a Canadian, and a single…

According to the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN) the UN biodiversity talks at COP15 put forward a text that acknowledges the necessary rights, roles and knowledge of Indigenous Peoples but leaves targets wide open for industry to continue biodiversity-destroying activities,…