The Influence of Anti-Vaccinators Has On Social Media (3)

In the last two posts of this series I talked about the influence groups of social media such as Twitter and the false information of vaccines that go around. I also contributed the second post into some data on how vaccines do really help people to avoid harmful diseases. The image seen above of the…

The Influence of Anti-Vaccinators has on Social Media-(2)

In the last post I decided to talk about some groups on twitter and how these groups exploit people and convince them to not take vaccines. This is the second part of the series. The graph seen above is from “Our World in Data” in which all numbers have been provided by the World Health…

The Influence of Anti-Vaccinators has on Social Media -(1)

The World Health Organization has officially declared that anti-vaccinators are one of the top 10 threats to the world. According to the organization, vaccinations alone help prevent 2-3 million deaths per year. However outbreaks such as measles are getting more common than they should be, having a total increase of 30% globally. While some of…

Top Seven Pieces of Renaissance Art

When we consider contemporary art, most of us imagine to the likes of Pollock or Warhol, anything that invokes a sense of “oh, that’s modern art.” But what is our perception of modern art? Basically, anything that we can’t describe. Campbell soup can certainly draw contrasts with Van Gogh’s pieces, but if anything, there is…

A Letter to Hugh Carins, VC – VPA 2018 Part 3

The Vimy Pilgrimage Award is an educational program that takes twenty Canadian youth to Europe for one week to learn about Canada’s efforts and the First World War. I was fortunate enough to be chosen to go this year and I was truly moved and honored to go with such a wonderful group of people.…

Me Ranting About Things (Part 2)

Hi guys, I’m back with more rants! I hope you’re all ready for this one because I’m going to be releasing all my “two-months-into-high-school” frustration. Going into high school, in my opinion, is an experience that you could try to explain but could never understand completely unless you’ve been there. It’s more of a feeling…

Me Ranting About Things

Hello, it’s almost (and for some of you, it’s already) back to school! End of summer, start of fall, but more importantly: the point in which all the things you’ve been putting off the entire summer is catching up to you… The “oh-I’ll-practice-my-piano-later” doesn’t work in late August, nor does the “I’ll-read-tomorrow”. SCHOOL. STARTS. IN.…