Category: Fall 2017
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Beyond The Past
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Letters from the editors
I’ve quickly discovered that writing a letter from the editor is hard. It’s challenging to sum up countless hours of editing, email-sending, and coffee-drinking into a mere couple hundred words. Nonetheless, here’s my two cents on the Futures Issue. We’re living in an interesting time. We’re experiencing a shifting political climate, evolving social norms, and…
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Tomorrow’s Toronto
From social inequality to suburban sprawl, three faculty members tackle the city’s problems of today
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A look back at Back to the Future
What would you do if you could turn back time?
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Doused darts
Students, cigarettes, and the prospect of a smoking ban on campus
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Change by design
How social, legal, and institutional responses to technological innovation will shape our futures
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The web: a museum of our everyday lives
How researchers might examine our digital data centuries from now
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Chasing cheesecakes
A fourth-year student goes to Future’s and inevitably starts thinking about their future
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Etiquette Squirrel
Dear Etiquette Squirrel (from the future), It has come to my attention that D does not stand for ‘degree.’ I thought I was doing well, but now I’m not too sure. Is it too late for me? Will I pass school? Please help. — Failing? Dear Failing?, Think about school like a game of Monopoly:…
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Life after student politics
Reflections of four former campus representatives