“I’ve always been interested in many different things and I choose to do them all, unapologetically,” explains Sidath “Sid” Paramee Rankaduwa. At just 22, Rankaduwa is an alumnus of Dalhousie University with a rather unusual combined Bachelor degree in both music and neuroscience. Through his craft, he’s exploring society’s intersectional interplay between the brain, culture, […]
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Halifax’s forest guardian
John Simmons was probably an elm tree in a past life. It would explain why he feels a deep connection to the American elm that stands in the centre of the Public Gardens. Or all of the trees in Halifax, for that matter. Simmons is Halifax’s urban forester. This means he’s responsible for protecting the […]
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Transphobic slurs in the classroom
Sylvia Mayers was substituting for a class earlier this year when one of the students came up to her and called her a transphobic slur. She thinks it was meant to disrupt the class more than cause harm, and doubts the young student knew the power of the word. It didn’t make it hurt any […]
