Adnan Syed: Unlucky but Not Guilty

Imagine agreeing to send a 17 year old child to prison for life. Which on its own sounds ridiculous, but to make matters worse imagine doing it with really no shred of actual evidence against to back up your decision.  On February 25th, 2000, 17 year old Adnan Syed was convicted of first degree murder…

Serial a Podcast: Not About a Serial Killer

 Imagine going to prison for 18 years (and counting) for a crime you didn’t even commit, well that might be the reality for Adnan Syed. Serial, a podcast series by Sarah Koenig is about an alleged killer, Adnan Syed. Syed, only 17 at the time, was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee on…

Archetypal Criticism of Through Black Spruce

A legendary former cree bush pilot and a resilient woman hellbent on finding her lost sister come together in a dashing story of adventure, danger, and love. Joseph Boyden, winner of Rogers Writer’s Trust Fiction Prize and bestselling author of Three Day Road has yet again astounded everybody with his new novel Through Black Spruce which follows the stories of…

Why Grade 12 High School English Should be Mandatory

Should grade 12 University level English be a requirement for entry into all university programs? ABSOLUTELY