Amanda DiRado

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat many people aren’t aware of is that, while they claim to resent Western influence, ISIS actually owes much of its existence to the West. In fact, if it wasn’t for American involvement in Iraq, ISIS probably would never have emerged in the first place.

Reading Time: 2 minutesOLIVIA JOHNSTON SOCIETAL, GENDER, AND developmental issues are familiar topics to Ottawa-based artist-photographer Olivia Johnston. Her latest work, entitled 13–18, deals with the vulnerability of teenage boys. The collection explores something unknown to Johnston, as “boys have always been a mystery to [her].” The portraits of the young men in their bedrooms is an honest …