Who we are
THOMAS BOYER is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism.
OLIVIA CHANDLER is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. As a proud and adventurous Maritimer, her interests include politics, the environment, fashion, travel and all things relating to the oceans. Recently, she covered issues surrounding climate change, the depletion of shark populations and social justice.
JUSTIN DALLAIRE is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. His work, which has focused on Canadian politics, culture and university life, has appeared in the Fulcrum, the Guard of Honour, and Ryerson Folio magazine.
AVNEET DHILLON is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. Her interests include arts and culture, politics, and social justice. Most recently, she wrote about the state of childcare in the city for Torontoist. She misses her time working abroad in Central America and continues to travel any chance she gets.
GREGORY FURGALA is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. He spends a lot of time waiting tables, but otherwise enjoys cooking, reading and binge-watching old action movies. Most recently, he wrote about food security in Nunavut.
KATERINA GEORGIEVA is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. Her interests include politics, human rights issues, and all things related to travel. Most recently, she wrote about organ tourism, labour journalism, and Toronto’s hookah ban.
DAVID GREENBERG is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. David is passionate about stories, well told. He is a Montreal expat in Toronto and is on his last frozen bagel. David pursued a double major in history and film studies at the University of Western Ontario. His romantic vision of himself as a journalist is that he is a stenographer of history. Don’t bother asking his top ten movie list because he won’t answer such a silly question.
CONNOR HEWSON is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. His interests include sports, music and travelling. Most recently, he wrote about sexism and unbalanced coverage in the sports media industry.
MAIJA KAPPLER studied English Literature at McGill and is currently a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. She’s interested in the ways people preserve languages across cultural boundaries.
NEHA KARAMCHANDANI is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. Her interests include travel and lifestyle, international affairs and Bollywood. Most recently, she wrote about racial profiling and gender stereotypes within the South Asian community. She is also a radio host on CMR 101.3 Hd3.
ANGELA LONG is a first-year masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. She’s interested in exploring the hidden parts of the world and telling the stories she finds there. She recently completed a book of travel essays set in India.
MIKE OTT is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. His interests include politics, writing, shirking responsibility, and watching terrible television. In his work, he has focused on social issues in the city, specifically queer voices and media representation. Most recently he wrote about the lack of conversation around same-sex sexual assault.
SAMANTHA RELICH is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. Her interests include justice, health, and an affection for the Oxford comma. She has covered issues surrounding HIV stigmatization, homelessness in Toronto, and the allure of rare books.
KAYLA ROSEN is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. Her interests include pop culture, religion and musical theatre. Recently, she has written about religious hate crimes on university campuses and arts initiatives in underserved neighbourhoods.
DAVID RUDIN is a masters candidate (2017) at the Ryerson School of Journalism. His interests include urban planning, economics, and soccer.
BRITTANY SPENCER is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. Her interests include politics, public health, travel and battling an affliction for writing in passive voice. She has covered issues surrounding prescription drug overdose and addiction and harm reduction drug strategies in Toronto and Vancouver.
JAIME TOZER is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. His writing experience includes features on Canadian sport pathways, university sport programs and hockey prospects. He is currently the editor of the junior hockey blog Station Nation.
STEPH WECHSLER is a masters candidate at the Ryerson School of Journalism. She received her B.A. in anthropology from San Francisco State University, where she researched critical medical anthropology, mass incarceration, reproductive healthcare and folklore. Recently, she has contributed to the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre.
About us
This is a Canadian Issue is a project by master's students at the Ryerson School of Journalism with support from Journalists for Human Rights (JHR).
JHR's Indigenous Reporters Program broadly seeks to increase the quality and quantity of Indigenous voices and stories in Canadian media.
The concept: To build a pathway of opportunity for Indigenous journalists from remote reserves, through educational opportunity, through internships, to jobs in the media industry. Concurrently, JHR runs a program of workshops and curriculum development targeting non-Indigenous journalists and journalism students.
The end goal is to ensure that all Canadian journalists, regardless of their background, are equipped to do a better job of covering Indigenous issues in Canada.
This is a Canadian Issue was developed and designed by Lindsay Hanna and Sally Goldberg Powell of the Ryerson School of Journalism.
