How Content Creator Tiana Pollard Made it Big
Tiana Pollard Via Zoom Interview Tiana Pollard, an online content creator, speaks about her journey with garnering interest in Youtube and thrifting. She currently has over 123k followers on TikTok and has accumulated over 2.3 million likes. Her thrifting journey began when she was extremely young and influential, watching Youtubers online and wanting to be…
From Rag houses to Reselling: A Booming Pandemic Reselling Business
Malak Fahmy may have cracked the code to successful reselling of used clothes Third-year HR and Public Policy student at U of T, Malak Fahmy, took advantage of her love for sustainable fashion by turning it into a business that pays for her school. When the pandemic began, Fahmy found herself in a slump. Unmotivated…
Sania’s SoundCite
While Sania’s family played board games downstairs, she brushed her teeth in her bathroom upstairs.
Real estate investors push first-time home buyers out of housing market
Photo by Yeshi Kangrang on Unsplash Investors now make up 25 per cent of the housing market, making it harder for average incomepeople to own a home. According to CBC Radio, with house prices consistently rising, many Canadians are worried that owning a home is just a dream these days. Garrett McPhee has been trying…
Re-inventing on the Fly
By Matthew Hopton Re-invention, is a term that took on a very significant meaning for businesses during 2020. With thousands of businesses being forced to close their physical doors to customers, businesses had to reassess and re-imagine their plans. Some retail businesses never recovered like Chuck E. Cheese which filed for bankruptcy on June 25,…
X University students ‘hopeful’ in-class learning will improve mental health
The front steps of the Sheldon & Tracy Levy Student Learning Centre in Toronto are normally scattered with students reading, chatting and hanging out with their friends. Today because of the COVID-19 pandemic they are completely empty. (JRN News/Holly Koch-Nobbs) After 19 months of online-classes, students at X University are preparing to make a full…
Finding Better Income Balance: Small Minimum Wage Increases Won’t Cut It
By Sherwin Karimpoor, XSJ News Photo by Gunjan2021, Pixabay As the Canadian government revealed their plans to increase the provincial minimum wage, few Canadians felt relieved of financial stress while most felt as though the increase was not enough. Following the release of Budget 2021, the Canadian government proposed that they would increase the provincial…
Job market hunting: Tips on how to get back in the job market after the COVID-19 pandemic
Isabella Cardarelli, RSJ A student stressed out about his academics in a library on Jan. 30, 2019. (Justin Lockhart/The Informer) As the job market continues to change in the aftermath of COVID-19, many students and recent post-secondary grads may be feeling more uncertain about their future. Michelle Mullings Copan, a career education coordinator at Ryerson…
Kensington talent show highlights local artists post-quarantine
Ken Pham, community organizer wants to bring live music back to Kensington