Andreina Romero
Articles by Andreina Romero

Kimberly Ho - An artist embracing a world of possibilities
July 5 2021 ArtKimberly is staring wistfully into the mirror, placed among the leaves in Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. | Photo by Alger Liang.
A constant questioning, a desire to explore what’s …

Zabeen Hirji - The future of leadership is human
January 25 2021 LocalLike an enormous magnifying glass, the Coronavirus pandemic has thrown into sharp focus the true character and nature of individuals, communities and nations. And, almost unequivocally, how well or …

New Year’s goal: changing our feelings about poop
January 11 2021 LocalExcrement. Feces. Poop. No matter humanity’s level of technological advancement, dealing with fecal waste is a reality that we have never been able to escape; poop is just one of the byproducts of…

Empathy: the key to a more inclusive world for persons with disabilities
November 23 2020 Cover Story Photo courtesy of UNESCO
A few years ago, the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability showed that about 6.2 million individuals …

Nilofar Shidmehr A poetic and unflinching voice illuminating Iranian women’s stories
October 5 2020 CultureA girl torn between her curiosity for a young maid and her need to maintain her higher social class; a sister torn between her love for her brother and her duty to herself and to a country that asks…

Back to school jitters Anxiety for families of students with learning disabilities
August 31 2020 Cover StoryLazy summer afternoons, supplies shopping, back to school jitters. In any given year, this is what the end of August looks like for parents and their school-aged children.
But for parents of …

The permission to belong
May 4 2020 ColumnsThe streets are silent, but a rare morning breeze is bringing the smells of spring right to my window. Vancouver is in lockdown, but its cherry trees are in bloom, and the soil of its many millions …

LeFLOFRANCO: thinker, musician, artist
March 2 2020 Culture“I think, therefore I am…but, who am I?” This is the question that Ottawa musician LeFLOFRANCO, or simply, FLO, tried to answer in detail on his first full length album, Force …