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    Is Shaedon Sharpe the NBA’s next Canadian star?

    Sharpe became one of the most sought-after prospects and a projected top-10 pick in this week’s NBA draft—without playing a minute of college basketball

    The idea: FoodRX, the prescribed food delivery program

    “Food insecurity can affect everything from cognitive development to anxiety to diabetes,” says UHN’s Dr. Andrew Boozary, on the correlation between access to food and your health.

    (Photograph by Jimmy Fontaine)

    Faouzia could be Gen Z’s next big pop star

    The Moroccan-Canadian singer built a huge fan base and netted a Juno nomination—without even releasing an album

    (Luis Mora)

    Simu Liu is on the cusp of superstardom. But that isn’t his end game.

    As Marvel’s first Asian superhero, Canadian actor Simu Liu is about to become a household name. But it’s not enough to succeed on his own; he wants to bring his community with him.

    Natalie Donaldson. This portrait was taken in accordance with public health recommendations, taking all necessary steps to protect participants from COVID-19. (Photograph by Dmitri Aspinall)

    How this single mom juggled three kids and multiple jobs in the pandemic

    Natalie Donaldson was torn between two essential roles: parent and sole family breadwinner

    Sané Dube. This portrait was taken in accordance with public health recommendations, taking all necessary steps to protect participants from COVID-19. (Photograph by Jalani Morgan)

    Sané Dube: Advocating for Black lives in a global pandemic

    The pandemic has hurt some far more than others. Sané Dube made sure this devastating inequality wasn’t ignored.

    Shmayess (right) left Syria for Görlitz, Germany, in 2015; his wife, Ammar, joined him a year later and the couple recently opened a restaurant (Photograph by Sadiya Ansari)

    What Canada can learn from Germany’s mass, unplanned migration

    Five years ago, more than a million refugees arrived in Germany. Today, many are working full-time. Here are the lessons Canada can learn from what went right—and wrong—in Germany.

    Building and classroom safety measures in the Maanjiwe Nendamowinan building at the UofT Mississauga Campus (Nick Iwanyshyn/University of Toronto)

    Can Canada’s universities survive COVID?

    Fewer international students, half-full residences, shuttered food services and empty parking lots add up to devastating revenue losses. And public funding has fallen over the past decade. Universities are in for a reckoning.

    Migrant workers wear masks and practice social distancing to help slow the spread of coronavirus while trimming red cabbage at Mayfair Farms in Portage la Prairie, M.B., in April 2020 (Shannon VanRaes/Reuters)

    Pick our fruit, get COVID-19

    Sadiya Ansari: Canada’s immigration system doesn’t provide citizenship paths to so-called ‘unskilled’ labour, fails to recognize their worth and, as a result, fails to protect them