COVID-19: Defining a new generation
Not infected does not mean unaffected. Although this is true for people of any age during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is especially true of children. “Generation COVID”, also known as...
All bets are off: Canada’s venture for vaccines
I thought a phrase like this was a thing of the past. It belonged in a primitive era, where survival of the fittest was the dominant way of life. It...
When Doing Good Goes Wrong: Reimagining Effective Altruism Using Equity- and Justice-based Approaches in Global Health and Development Aid
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.– Martin Luther King Jr. (1957). The younger generations have...
The Rainbow Road: Overcoming Obstacles Faced by LGBTQ+ Scientists
Faggot. Sissy. Gay. Behind my smile and confident disposition, these old voices still echo in my ears. Growing up as a closeted gay boy to immigrant Asian parents and having...
Which Came First, STEM or Race? Scientific Racism and Its Lasting Impacts
If there is one message that you take away from this article, I hope it is that there is no such thing as political neutrality, and to believe that science...
An Ode To Animal Models
From Rise of The Planet of the Apes to The Amazing Spider-man to Jurassic Park, the use of animals in scientific research has been a hot topic in more ways...
The Trappings of Traditional Medicine
Science starts with an observation of a curious phenomenon. Stubbed your toe on the edge of the bed? Rubbing it seems to help? Well, turns out nerves activated by touch...
A World Beyond Our Own
How COVID-19 impacts global poverty, world hunger, and humanitarian issues in developing countries All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.– Alexandre Dumas, The Three...
The Social Implications of Pandemics
In response to the emergence of the novel SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent for COVID-19, the province of Ontario entered a state of emergency on March 17th, 2020. Social distancing, defined...