Charlie Hebdo Un An Après: Right to Offend and Right to Not Be Offended May Lim Jan 15, 2016 Around this time last year, two radicalized French jihadists attacked the Paris offices of a satirical weekly…
State of the Union Address – What Comes Next? Phoebe Warren Jan 15, 2016 This past Tuesday night, President Obama delivered his final State of the Union address to the entire nation. For…
Fifth Republican Debate Wrap-Up Phoebe Warren Dec 19, 2015 Quick post here! The fifth and most recent Republican Debate was held this past Tuesday night in Las Vegas, Nevada.…
How Europe’s ‘Other Half’ Handles Refugees Nicholas Buhne Dec 5, 2015 Is an old divide being given a new face in Europe? It can certainly seem that way when looking at the very public…
The Age of Erdogan: Why Turkey Voted AKP Kathryn Schmidt Nov 25, 2015 The results of Turkey’s recent parliamentary election were anything but ordinary. Within the past five months,…
Expat Elector Weekly Roundup #5 Phoebe Warren Nov 23, 2015 Here is the weekly roundup of the top five most important stories of the week in the US election as well as any…
Thoughts on the Refugee Crisis and Republicans Phoebe Warren Nov 20, 2015 This post is a little all over the place - it had served as a way for me to vent some frustration. The first part…
Video: The Refugee’s Struggle D'Arcy White Oct 27, 2015 This week is a busy one but I wanted to share this link from the Syrian refugee crisis event that I wrote about…
The Foreshadowed and the Forgotten Francesca Wallace Oct 23, 2015 Refugees in far-away lands are splashed across daily Canadian life, and yet the homegrown nightmare of missing…
Explaining the Refugee Crisis: The Failure and Triumph of Collective Memory D'Arcy White Oct 19, 2015 Last Friday evening, a collaboration of groups lead by the McGill Syrian Students Association put on an event…