By Shaan Hooey “We’re living in an unprecedented time.” “The times we’re living in are unprecedented.” It’s all the same as I flip from one channel to the next. While the use of the word […]
Trump vs. the WHO
By Dima Kulakov Over the past few months, Donald Trump, and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO’s Director-General, have been in a raging “battle.” Trump has voiced several criticisms against the World Health Organization and threatened to […]
Episode 3: Joseph Wu
0:55 – Mystery Guest Revealed1:20 – Guest Bio 2:50 – Why is Debate special?5:25 – Touch courses in IB: regret taking or not?7:00 – Time management and busy school atmosphere 12:00 – How much do you credit […]
Cancer During COVID-19
By: Drake Belanger Polak and Colin O’dwyer 617 people in Canada get diagnosed with cancer every day in Canada. If you or someone close to you suspected they had cancer or were diagnosed, you would […]
Community, Debating, and the Value of Talking to Strangers
By Randy Chang This past January, I boarded a coach bus with a group of other UCC debaters to head to Queen’s University’s debating tournament. The three days included gruelling rounds of debate on topics […]
Blue Tape: Dare to be Sustainable
Our special guest for this episode was Ziya Tong, author of The Reality Bubble and co-host of Daily Planet: – Comprehensive overview of our guest speaker and her work: https://www.speakers.ca/speakers/ziya…. – Special thanks to sustainability […]
Standardized Who?
by Krishna Bambawale For those of you planning to apply to the US for university, standardized testing might be a familiar struggle. For most, this is simply a timed enterprise. We study, we write, we […]
Strategic Reflection from the Class of 2020: Ep 2
0:00 – Intro 2:00 – Mystery Guest revealed! 2:15 – Guest Bio 3:30 – Is school spirit going down? 6:00 – Do you have bad days at the school? 8:00 – Are you ready for […]
Ozark Review
by Will Huang Season 1 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hAXVqrljbs Ozark is one of the craziest and most underrated shows on Netflix. Season 3 of Ozark was brought to Netflix audiences on March 27th. Only a couple weeks […]
Blue Tape: College Check-in #1
The Blue Tape Podcast: College Check-in #1. After the inaugural Zoom Ball, Blue Tape checked in with some of the boys from the College. Here’s what the boys discussed during the after: Sleep EE’s Tik […]
Why 1+1 Isn’t Necessarily 2: On Cooperation During Covid-19
Hyunwook Lee Humanity is shaken and communities are crumbling; the coronavirus is changing the earth. This microbe, invisible to the naked human eye, asserts its own sets of rules. It questions all and rearranges all […]
5 Albums You Should Listen To
by Eugene Ye Since we have all found ourselves with more time than usual, I wanted to suggest a few albums to check out while you have the time. Some of these albums are popular, […]
UCC Initiatives
By Kene Ochuba As your incoming community service steward I have decided to highlight all the amazing initiatives run by UCC students. We hope that you all can support these causes. Personal Protective Equipment Drive […]
How Will the NBA Return?
Dima Kulakov Because of COVID-19, countless things I have taken for granted have been cancelled. Among those was the NBA. I, like many others, turned to the league for entertainment, and now that it is […]
The Existential Crisis of Social Distancing
Phillip Kong As millions across the world suffer from the vicious disease of COVID-19, a quieter crisis arises in society, particularly in the lives of teenagers. We cling on dearly to the remnants of our […]
Strategic Reflections from the Class of 2020 – Episode #1: Community
By Chris Noh and Shaan Hooey 0:00 – Intro to the podcast 2:20 – Guest Revealed! 2:44 – Bio about our guest 4:24 – Topic selection and First question (regarding Administration and faculty) 10:10 – […]
Pros and Cons Club Goes Virtual
Matthew Wong and Marshall WongVideo by Sebastian Jones A pessimist sees the glass half empty while an optimist sees the glass half full. When the community is confronted with dire circumstances, we need to think […]
Europe: nCOVernments
by Nathan Chong Here’s what 10 Europeans aged 15-18 had to say about the question “How well do you feel your government has responded to the coronavirus?”, edited slightly for clarity. Spain (1,200 cases per […]
Solidarity in Isolation
by Eugene Ye With so many concerts, orchestras, and rehearsals all cancelled because of COVID-19, musicians like me are stuck at home with nothing to do. So, with nothing better to do, orchestras around the […]
Blue Tape: Corona “Gone Viral”
The Blue Tape Podcast Episode #2: A global discussion between 11 international students on the current and potential impacts of COVID-19. Countries Featured: Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Italy, United Arab Emirates, Costa Rica, Japan, […]
The Power of Storytelling
By Albert Lou In 1987, a toddler named Jessica wandered into her family’s backyard and fell 22 feet into a well. Within minutes, police and reporters were on the scene to cover the desperate rescue. […]
Strategic Reflections
Strategic Reflections from the Class of 2020 is the first season of a podcast series examining the ever-so-valued brotherhood at UCC. Every year, we hope that two Year 12 students will continue the legacy of […]
Q&A with Mr. Bardai
Shoutout to Mr. Bardai for making this happen! Big thanks to Duro and Phil for joining us as well. Part 2 will be live tomorrow and feature club/co-curriculars, and finally boarding. -TBAW
Coming Together as a Community in the Times of Social Distancing
By Drake Belanger-Polak Over 300 thousand reported people are infected by the Coronavirus. Cases exponentially increase everyday. Governments have mandated business to close operations and told everyone to stay inside. For a lot of us, […]
Blue Tape: The Impact of COVID-19 on School
The Blue Tape Podcast #1: A conversation amongst 11 high school students regarding COVID-19 and its impact on schools in Toronto. Special thanks to Marcus Orlow, Noa Ronen, Fatima Fadel, Noah Behar, Chris Noh, Sam […]
Sitting Down with the next G. R. R. Martin: The Red Castle
A few questions with Noah Verhoeff by Caden Shapiro. So… you’ve written a novel. I don’t get to say that to many of my friends. What’s it about? Yes, I have recently finished writing a […]
Lord of the Flies Preview
Phillip Kong Photography by: Gillian Levene Lord of the Flies is UCC’s Year 8 & 9 winter dramatic production for the 2019-2020 school year. The play follows an adaptation of the renowned William Golding novel, […]
Certainty
Albert Lou It was a night, not so long ago, when I laid in bed, under the blanket of silence and a strange epiphany hit me. It’s now been a question that has been bothering […]
Racism in the Time of the Coronavirus
John Lu I want to start by saying that you don’t have to agree with me here. What needs to be said won’t be sugar coated. Some of you are ignorant and will continue to […]
Metaphysical Thinking and the Nature of Truth
Ewan Maynes Recently I came upon a most interesting idea. The question was on the nature of the state of truth and as a human our ability to understand what we perceive in the information […]
A New NBA?
By Dima Kulakov This year, the NBA has seen a sharp decrease of as much as 20% in regular-season television viewers. Because of this, the commissioner, Adam Silver, has proposed several changes to the current […]
Why the Sneaker Industry will be Worth 95 billion
Alfred Shi In 2016, the athletic footwear industry was valued at $55 million. Now, it’s predicted that the industry will reach a shockingly large $95 billion in 2025. And as if that wasn’t enough, the […]
Jojo Rabbit Movie Review (Spoiler Free!)
Elliott Ingram The first thing that everyone asks before going to see a movie is, of course, what it’s about. To read the description of Jojo Rabbit, it’s not the typical movie you would want […]
1/1/20
By Caden Shapiro It’s a little cold at the moment in Dunedin, Florida. Then again, I feel for you if you’re in Toronto. 2020 just hit, and no one was more excited than the elderly […]
An Unlikely Philosopher: Taylor Swift’s Progression From Essentialism to Existentialism
Phillip Kong She is the American Music Awards’ Artist of the Decade. She has won 10 Grammys (so far). She is also arguably the most recognizable modern teenage idol. However, many “Swifties” don’t know Taylor […]
Dr. Přemek Hamr Interview
Academic Background: B.Sc. in environmental science (Concordia University), M.Sc. in watershed ecosystems (Trent University), Ph.D. in zoology (University of Tasmania, Australia), Post-doctoral fellowship in inland fisheries (University of Tasmania, Australia)International Teaching Experience: University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia; […]
From Yeezus to Jesus: The Metamorphosis of Kanye West
Nico Jeffrey On October 25, Kanye West delivered his long-awaited Album, Jesus Is King. Many longtime listeners of Kanye West were left confused as a result of Jesus Is King not resonating with the braggadocious […]
The Editor’s Review of the Board of Stewards
Phillip Kong Last spring, I interviewed our new Head Steward, Uche Ochuba, on his plans for the 2019-2020 school year. From his answers, I was confident that he would be able to lead the Board […]
What Being an Armenian Means to Me
Daniel Ayik A couple of years ago, my seven close friends and I traveled to Armenia as we graduated our Saturday Armenian School. It was a joyful time, as for most of us we would […]
Joker Movie Review (Spoiler Free!)
By Elliot Ingram I went into Joker with mixed expectations. I knew of the amazing reviews and the seventeen-minute standing ovation when it premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Nevertheless, I was cautious about watching […]
Academic Changes to UCC
Eugene Ye Going into a new academic year and their first year of the IB Diploma program, students in Year 11 were notified of a few academic changes that were designed to reduce stress and […]
Why This Year’s A-Day was My Favourite One
Phillip KongPhotos by Andy Wang and Faizan Haider In typical TBAW fashion, we are reporting on events way too late. Nevertheless, here is an article about A-Day. Objectively, it was not a good A-Day. It […]
Relay for Life
By Guclu Emir Can On October 11, 2019, UCC hosted their first student-led fundraising event “Relay for Life,” where students from multiple schools and seniors from the community gathered together to honour cancer survivors. The […]
UCC Open
By Dima Kulakov I never believed in Murphy’s law, which states that whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. This year’s UCC Tennis Open, however, completely changed my perspective. Early this year, I had the […]
Friday’s Climate Strike in Toronto: Why We March
Written by Caden ShapiroPhotos by Justin Lee “Just listen to science,” Greta Thunberg said as she marched with 300,000 people in Montreal today. After a memorable speech to UN delegates last week, she inspired hundreds […]
The Reality of Scientific Research
Phillip Kong We’ve all seen those movies where scientists suddenly have a “eureka” moment and discover a life-changing breakthrough that alters the course of humanity as we know it. Transcendence, a film about artificial intelligence […]
