Lidia Rajcan

May 23, 2024 | reviewofjournalism.ca | Lidia Rajcan

Mendleson first heard about Motherisk in the fall of 2014. The then Toronto Star general assignment reporter had a rare break between stories and stepped out to meet a lawyer for lunch. “I was hoping to cultivate [him] as a source,” Mendleson recalls. “Which is not a thing we normally have time to do.” She never expected that the conversation would change her life. During their chat, the lawyer offhandedly mentioned a name: Tamara Broomfield.

May 15, 2024 | reviewofjournalism.ca | Lidia Rajcan

The ground floor of CBC’s Vancouver office is where Kimberly Ivany, producer for the investigative news segment Go Public, makes her mark. She works a steady grind—story-hunting, interviewing, creating, learning about issues affecting Canadians, and then learning some more. Journalism has been part of her life for 16 years. “This has always been a natural part of who I am,” she says. “I love people.

Apr 8, 2024 | theotter.ca | Madeline Liao |Jennah Lay |Lidia Rajcan

How stigma and medical bias often result in later autism diagnoses for marginalized genders———————————————————–Twenty-five-year-old Irene Chon sits stiffly in a small, private clinic in December of 2021. The room is small, with only a desk separating her and the clinician, who is about to assess her for autism spectrum disorder. She recalls a series of assessment questions and hand-eye coordination exercises done over five hours.

Mar 25, 2024 | theotter.ca | Hannah Mercanti |Lidia Rajcan |Sam Jabri-Pickett

Professional cooks and servers have faced abuse on the job for decades. It’s time for change———————————————————–It started as a part-time restaurant gig—a way to pay the bills. Five days a week at four p.m., twenty-year-old Yusra Khalil opened the doors to the gilded entrance of Verity, a membership-only women’s club in downtown Toronto. She walked through the lobby, headed for the club’s restaurant, past the robotic smiles of the security guards and secretaries.

Mar 11, 2024 | theotter.ca | Gillian McGregor |Lidia Rajcan

———————————————————–In the summer of 2023, I found myself sitting at a coffee shop right below my apartment in De Pijp, a trendy neighbourhood in south Amsterdam. I wore silver knee-high boots and a patterned ruffle skirt. I was in Amsterdam for my dream fashion internship and I was practically being paid in clothes. I didn’t mind of course. That morning, I was admiring the difference between Dutch and Canadian fashions.