The “Privileged” White North?

When we last left the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), they were defending their decision to permit sexually segregated Muslim Friday prayers in a public-school cafeteria—such prayers (and segregation) being in violation of provincial law, board policy, and (some argue) Canada’s flimsy ...

Menstruating at the Mosqueteria

Whaddayaknow? Margaret Atwood warned us that North America would turn into a theocracy—and she was right! Funny, though: She hasn’t said much about that lately, now that The Handmaid’s Tale is being acted out in a public school, here in her very own city of Toronto. I don’t mean the kids ...