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Understanding the social and economic gaps between countries from around the world. Blogs on my journeys to China, Dubai, India, England, Canada and much more!
2023-12-24 14:56
As we slide into the end of 2023 and I put the finishing touches on this list, let me spill the tea—trying to piece together the movie vibes of the year was like trying to solve a Rubi… Read More
2022-05-19 18:30
Over the last few months, the Perkins School for the Blind, the oldest school for the blind in the United States, and the Global Shapers New York Hub – a community of young professiona… Read More
2022-01-06 16:42
Would it come as a surprise if you heard that young professionals struggle with their age? The trend of age discrimination is alive and well, but maybe not in the way we commonly e… Read More
2021-06-03 19:28
New Normal vs No Normal
The world has changed a lot since March 2020. The words “covid”, “pandemic”, “mask”, and “pod” are now part of our col… Read More
2021-03-12 20:07
The Natashas.
It sounds like the name of a stellar indie band with epic style and swagger. The kind of band whose oversized vintage t-shirt I’d definitely sport.
Unfortunately, no such… Read More
2021-03-07 22:27
Ottawa, it’s 2022. We’re all vaccinated. Things are back to normal (well, as normal as they can be), and life goes on. What’s next on the horizon for the great capital of C… Read More
2020-10-24 22:17
There has been a lot of debate recently about a newly popular economic idea called Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). Economists left, right, and centre are issuing think pieces and blog po… Read More
2020-07-18 23:24
Covid-19, Technology and the shift from Traditional Work Environments
An industry worth over $31 trillion has been rendered virtually redundant this year as countless organisations scu… Read More
2020-06-04 23:59
I’ve created this article series to help those asking “what can I do” catch up in regards to police brutality and anti-Black racism. I invested my time and energy so I can… Read More
2020-04-25 21:55
The emergence of coronavirus has created a crisis in economies across the globe that seemingly forces governments to choose between the economy and the health of their citizens. This f… Read More
2020-04-01 03:50
In an attempt to stem the spread of coronavirus in India, Prime Minister Modi on March 25 announced a nationwide lockdown for three weeks.
Modi’s hasty announcement of the unprecedente… Read More
2020-03-20 00:33
Since last year, the United States has been trying hard to take back control of negotiations with North Korea. It now seems that there is going to be a step backward in US-North Korea… Read More
2020-02-26 23:18
Human beings are terrible agents of prediction.
I’ve spent the last 15 years of my life researching and understanding human motivations and habits.As a witness to the panic of Y2… Read More
2019-09-20 13:44
The Modern Hunter Gatherer
It’s deadly cold and completely dark, the frost crunches underfoot as the Hunter dressed in the skins of previous hunts, stalks his prey. Advancing in silenc… Read More
2019-09-15 20:35
Sugar….the White Devil?
When we talk about sugar, we talk about sucrose, our table sugar; But when we talk about sugar, we also talk about power, migration, slavery, medicine, and nut… Read More
2017-03-11 20:51
Let’s get RealPost-Grad’s Worst NightmareAfter years of blazing your own trail at university or college and loving life living on your own or with roommates, you finally graduate… Read More
2017-02-26 00:15
#TrollingIt’s that time of year again, where we indulge our sadomasochistic side by watching that most tedious and masturbatory of annual displays, the Oscars. A seemingly never… Read More
2017-02-19 16:35
Can marijuana be a painkiller?As a part-time educator, one of my job requirements is to teach basic life support at the first responder level as per the curriculum offered by the Heart and S… Read More
2017-02-10 20:55
The Shifting of the Monsoon: Implications of American Policy for Africa’s EconomiesThere has been much discussion of the potential conflicts, problems, and opportunities facing much of… Read More
2017-02-05 16:31
Modican chocolateLet’s just say I didn’t like Modican chocolate that first time I tried it. As my teeth bit into the bar, creamy was the last word I thought about. Instead, it wa… Read More
2017-01-28 01:18
The Resistance: How the Democrats can fight TrumpThe last week has revealed like a ten-ton sledge hammer to the head that the political outlook is bleak for anyone even. But if we’re g… Read More
2017-01-25 16:02
Climate ChangePresident Trump and his cabinet are either climate change deniers or fierce skeptics. Our responsibility lies in this very truth alone while as Trump tower stays above the sea… Read More
2017-01-21 19:03
Jovana ZukaMindthis Magazine has teamed up with Daniela’s Bastet Noir to cover some inspiring fashion icons of our generation. Expect some honest and upbeat conversations with fa… Read More
2017-01-20 17:55
The New NormalOn a day as cloudy as today, during a month as traditionally freezing as January, at the outset of a year as tenuous as any uncertain beginning before it, one is subject to a r… Read More
2017-01-19 18:01
Three Laps that Proved Nico Rosberg Worthy of being F1 ChampionNico RosbergThe dust has settled on the 2016 Formula One World Championship. After 21 rounds, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg has… Read More
2017-01-14 20:20
Failure has such a nasty connotation to it. None of us like to admit it. As though we all move through our careers, relationships and lives competently and confidently. I’m the first t… Read More
2016-12-30 15:01
Top 10 best movies of 2016Best MoviesThe year 2016 was a shitty one for sequels and reboots, but it was a good one for independent cinema, original and bracing science fiction, coming of age… Read More
2016-12-21 14:20
An extrovert’s guide to introvertsAn interview with Professor Karl MooreIt never occurred to me that I was an extrovert. I was shy well into my teens, feeling clumsy and uncomfort… Read More
2016-11-21 11:00
InformationIndia has now opened more than 170 million bank accounts. But, the majority of rural Indians don’t even know that these accounts exist. In fact, most of these bank accounts… Read More
2016-11-20 16:44
Democracy at a Cost: Ethiopia’s Desire to Develop its Economy with an Iron Fist is Coming at a Cost to the Very Fabric of its Nationhood.EthiopiaWhat on earth is happening in Ethiopia… Read More
2016-11-13 21:24
Swaying Change by Relinquishing Control“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.” ― Friedrich NietzscheThere’s nothing quite as ta… Read More
2016-11-11 17:31
I’m not afraid of Donald Trump. Thanks to advance mental preparation, I’m neither surprised nor particularly incensed by his election; his constituency turned out in droves and o… Read More
2016-10-20 05:00
It was a Friday afternoon in June as my plane to New York City sat on the tarmac of Toronto Pearson. I looked out of the window and saw all the other planes lined up waiting to take off and… Read More
2016-10-03 15:35
My trip to Nassau was all about the Miss Universe Bahamas pageant but, I took a side get away to a resort I’ve always been curious about, the Marley Resort & Spa. Tucked away from… Read More
2016-09-21 23:40
OverworkedIt was a hectic Saturday afternoon in the emergency room of a major Berlin hospital. The list of unseen patients was long, the hallways astir with nurses and doctors juggling diver… Read More
2016-09-16 01:55
A few months ago I attended a NATO security forum in Kyiv, Ukraine. The discussion surrounded security threats the globe faces in the 21st century and although climate change is seen as the… Read More
2016-09-14 15:26
Understanding Language’s Influence in Times of FearLanguage is important, especially for those such as linguists wishing to understand further its structure, grammar, syntax, and… Read More
2016-08-27 22:56
We don’t care about relationships. We read Humans of New York stories and every now and then find a story that we can rally around. But, as young professionals we don’t care abou… Read More
2016-08-23 18:00
The Internet is a Human RightInternetYes, just like access to clean water, proper education and healthcare, access to the internet is a basic human right. And the UN, kind-of, think so too.T… Read More
2016-08-22 17:33
I’m running late. Maybe five or ten minutes late but it’s late enough to make a photographer chew nails. In this case the person chewing nails is Shanaye Smith an up and coming p… Read More
2016-08-11 13:00
It was during my second week working as a medical doctor that I attended to a man in his fifties who took an unsuspecting action that could have cost his life. He was annoyed with a tattoo o… Read More
2016-08-10 15:54
It is now pageant season. Millions of girls around the world clamor around their television screens, waiting to see women from their country and proceed to look at the ‘Misses’ o… Read More
2016-07-30 13:57
Myth-busting about sexual healthWhen it comes to sexual health, it can be hard to separate fact from fiction. Whether we’re talking about contraception, sex, sexually transmitted infec… Read More
2016-07-18 20:34
To conclude my degree in Gastronomic Sciences, I decided to write my thesis about amaranth, a pseudo-cereal known by several indigenous American cultures a… Read More
2016-07-15 17:13
As an Irishman and a European, my initial reaction to the Brexit result on Thursday 23rd June of the UK voting to eject itself from the European Union came as a shock. I thought it inconceiv… Read More
2016-07-06 23:36
How Brexit will shape British Pop CultureDavid Bowie spent three years of his life in West Berlin, where he found the urban muse for some of his most seminal work, including “Heroes.&r&hell…Read More
2016-06-19 15:25
In a world obsessed with the present, with short memories filled with rhetoric, it can be instructive to take a step back and gaze at the long span of human history. Much of what has h… Read More
2016-06-17 01:03
Digitally Disrupting DiplomacyWhen I think about diplomacy, I picture a room filled with stuffy old white men discussing the future of country X in relation with country Y, while sipping on… Read More
2016-06-07 03:08
Dreaming, Leading, and Succeeding: Finally, Women have their own role modelsDream, Girl.On May 26th, 2016, Dream, Girl premiered for the White House Council on Women and Girls. I was fortuna… Read More
2016-05-24 00:09
Photo by Elizabeth RadtkeTurkey is by far one of the most beautiful and culturally diverse countries I have visited. Last month I had the opportunity to spend a little over a week in Istanbu… Read More
2016-05-19 14:44
Should We Stay or Should We Go?Enough with the economic spin out of BrexitersNext month the United Kingdom makes a momentous decision: it going to stay a member of the EU or dismantle itself… Read More
2016-05-11 16:50
In Defense of First Past the Post: Rethinking the Liberal Proposal on Electoral ReformIn the mid-90s, the West wanted in, Quebec wanted out, and the East wanted more EI. The Reform Party cau… Read More
2016-05-10 23:00
How to cope with death and dyingPart 1: The LossIf you’ve ever lost something, be it a person, place or thing, you know that grieving is not a Kübler-Ross checklist. In fact, the… Read More
2016-05-04 02:38
How do we balance partisanship with nonpartisan opportunities?Politics is not partisanshipSo you care about your community and want to take action in making it a better place? Many people wi… Read More
2016-05-04 02:22
Last fall, I represented the Government of Canada at the United Nations in New York. One of my roles was to attend high-level events at September’s Sustainable Development Summit, whic… Read More
2016-04-27 20:37
Solo EntrepreneurshipIt was June 1st last year when I finally took the big leap. I didn’t have a job anymore, and I didn’t intend to have one any time soon. I had been waiting fo… Read More
2016-04-19 02:57
Horror of horrors (when your birth control fails you)You take your birth control pill every day (well, most days). You always bring a condom (I mean, except when you forget). Your IUD is per… Read More
2016-04-06 17:52
The Panama Papers: The Security ThreatBACKGROUND The source of the Panama Papers leaks —the largest in history— is apparently an individual who contacted German newspaper Sü… Read More
2016-04-06 17:52
Background on the Panama PapersThe source of the Panama Papers leaks — the largest in history — is apparently an individual who contacted German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitun… Read More
2016-04-04 18:50
Is the Sultanate Back? What happened to Erdoğan’s TurkeyDisclaimer: I have worked in Turkey from September 2013 to December 2014, first as a Lecturer and then as an Assi… Read More
2016-03-30 18:16
Millenials, It’s Time to Stop Policing Grief:What’s with the social media shaming of terrorist attacks?Before the dust had settled, body count finished, or wounded treated we had… Read More
2016-03-29 16:59
Who’s Afraid of Canada’s Big Bad Deficit?There is no shortage of commentary on Canada’s first budget from the new Liberal government. The most recent polling fro… Read More
2016-03-29 16:16
Trudeau’s Fiscal IncoherenceIf you’ve followed the Canadian economy for the past few years and find yourself confused over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s stance on deficit… Read More
2016-03-09 17:43
Saying yes to ConsentMy grandmother used to say “fun isn’t fun unless it’s fun for everyone!” She wasn’t talking about sex, but she could have been. The only wa… Read More
2016-03-04 22:49
My Father’s Untold StoryWhen I saw my brother’s number on my cellphone, I had a moment of hesitation. He and I had not spoken in years. Four to be exact. But I knew that his unex… Read More
2016-02-26 19:37
Avi’s Oscar predictions#OscarsSoWhiteOscar season is now soon coming to an end. For the last 3 months, big studios have been burning the midnight oil promoting their crème de la… Read More
2016-02-19 15:11
How University Activism use to look like….September 18, 2015. Or, as it is known to some, National POW/MIA Recognition Day. The New York Times published a brief article to mark the oc… Read More
2016-02-18 18:34
We’re happy to announce a new subsection under our Policy section entitled Digital Diplomacy. The foreign policy world is going through a structural change due to the disruption t… Read More
2016-02-14 16:40
Love is the premise of the day. In North America, Valentine’s Day is filled with chocolate, roses, a glass of wine and Netflix tuned to The Notebook. Amongst a few of the traditi… Read More
2016-02-08 15:53
It’s been a while since I last wrote… and a lot has happened since.In the last article, I was in the most beautiful country of my travels, Peru. Words cannot explain my love for… Read More
2016-02-02 09:12
Pain is part of life. Of happiness too.I’m not a masochist, a stoic or a martyr. Not even remotely. But I’ve learned over the years the power and the wisdom of pain – wheth… Read More
2016-02-02 01:12
Our Top 5 Sex-Ed Questions AnsweredWhile I’m a major proponent of making information about sexual and reproductive health interesting and accessible (and am lucky enough to do it for m… Read More
2016-01-27 20:28
On softness as powerWe hear a lot about how women need to adjust the ways we navigate the world. Most often it’s in the corporate world, where it seems like we’re constantly bein… Read More
2016-01-26 16:18
Our Secret History: Canada and Child Migrant LabourAs we sit around our dinner tables and discuss current affairs, we can expect debate and heated discussion about the benefits and fallbacks… Read More
2016-01-21 02:21
This year, blockbusters actually delivered, inventive dramas, whirlwind thrillers, intelligent sci-fi and a couple of amazing film oddities–2015 had it all.But 2015 was an exemplary ye… Read More
2015-12-29 17:03
What Hollywood gets wrong with Female FriendshipsI’ve been thinking a lot about friendship between women lately: what it means, and why the world seems to be so captivated by it. So wh… Read More
2015-12-23 16:58
Your all inclusive last minute gift guide for the Young Professional December 23 of every year marks the most frantic shopping day in most of the world. Everyone comes together in a frantic… Read More
2015-12-20 07:13
President George W Bush visits CIA Headquarters, March 20, 2001.Marching onwards with our revamped Policy Section, enjoy some career advice from Soft Power Blog a creative pro… Read More
2015-12-08 10:05
Meat, everything and nothing to be worried about “In the 19th century […] food laws were responding to threats that were terrifying and direct. There was nothing theo… Read More
2015-12-04 08:53
Conservative leader Stephen Harper, left, shakes hands with Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, right, before the Globe and Mail hosted leaders’ debate Thursday, September 17, 2015 in Calga… Read More
2015-12-03 06:07
Mindthis Magazine Shake Up: Our new Policy section! Mindthis Magazine’s Policy section is going through some big changes. Do not worry, we will continue to hit hard with real anal… Read More
2015-12-02 09:00
“How do I find my purpose?” It is the eternal question, and one that I have heard so many times. In my close circle of friends, I know many young people – smart and success… Read More
2015-12-01 08:45
James BondGetting all sweaty and hot over any new James Bond movie is akin to getting excited about a new Madonna record—former glory doesn’t always translate into a coveted plac… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I must have applied to about 150 jobs in the past three weeks. And throughout …The post Simply change your wardrobe to change your attitude. appeared first on Mindthis Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
With new technologies emerging at every corner, it is disappointing that teleportation has not developed …The post Where to be each Month of the Year appeared first on Mindthis Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
If you are a member of Generation Y and care about public or international affairs, …The post Is there a Future for Generation Y in the Public Service? appeared first on Mindthis Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The most popular sporting event on Earth begins on June 12. It is the 2014 …The post World Cup Preview: On the World Stage, the Streets and the Pitch appeared first on Mindthis Read More
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