Author: Kiernan Green

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Femme person walking wearing 3 variations of the same outfit with the colours of the rainbow.

Coming Out is More Than Just a Day

October 22, 2020

Depending on who you ask, the closet door can be swung open, locked shut or a revolving door

2019-20 Hong Kong protests: Storytelling through the best and worst times

October 19, 2020

Eyeopener news editor Heidi Lee reflects on how to amplify the voiceless in her hometown

A pair of gloved hands handing a box with masks, hand sanitizers and gloves to another pair of gloved hands.

How a Ryerson student has been helping the homeless community during COVID-19

October 6, 2020

Her position involved classifying individuals experiencing homelessness in the shelter system based on their risk factors for contracting COVID-19 and suffering serious illness, she said

Anna Triandafyllidou speaking at a panel.

Communities COVID-19

Ryerson research chair brings international scope to immigration, COVID-19

October 6, 2020

Acknowledging Canada as a settler-colonial state is frequently left out of academic discussion, she said

Screenshot of Dallas Squire, Mekwan Tulpin and Keir Johnston during their panel on lacrosse's Indigenous history

Communities Indigenous Sports

For the love of the game and the Creator: A cultural history of lacrosse

October 4, 2020

There's eons of traditional meaning behind Canada's "summer sport"

Collage of 5 Asian women with flowers and crowds in the background.

Communities COVID-19

Responding to Hate Toolkit created to address anti-Asian racism

September 22, 2020

Legacy members of Canada's Asian-Canadian community created the toolkit in responce to increasing verbal and physical harassment

Illustration of three essential workers wearing masks and looking somber with silhouettes of people in the background.

Communities COVID-19

Rye students on frontline concerned about COVID-19 conduct

September 22, 2020

Many of the implemented safety measures add extra work for the employees, students say

Photo of Pria Nippak smiling.

Associate professor files lawsuit against Ryerson for harassment

September 17, 2020

Pria Nippak's case at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario is the second filed against Ryerson since 2019

Photo of a person wearing a bandana over their face speaking into a microphone outside. Behind them, there are two people holding a banner with a painting of a sunset and text that says "solidarity with land defenders."

Communities Indigenous

Indigenous policy researcher arrested for land defending at 1492 Land Back Lane

September 17, 2020

Researcher Courtney Skye was present at the latest use of court injunctions against Indigenous treaty rights

Illustration of a woman falling off the roof of a building with dollar bills around her.

Business & Technology Communities COVID-19

Women in business disproportionately affected by COVID-19 pandemic, report finds

September 16, 2020

A new report shows that women's labour force participation rate fell to its lowest level in 30 years

Communities COVID-19

International students call for lowered tuition as school year begins online

September 16, 2020

What does an online semester and no changes in tuition mean for international students?

For Black and Indigenous students, the labour of activism is emotional as it is physical

September 9, 2020

Long before the recent surge of online and in-the-streets activism, generational trauma for BIPOCs has meant higher rates of PTSD