Madeline Liao

Jun 20, 2024 | broadview.org | Madeline Liao

Born in Kenya to Indian immigrants and raised in Tanzania, M.G. Vassanji has lived most of his adult life in Toronto. He weaves rich cultural experiences and memories into many of his works, and his first essay collection, Nowhere, Exactly, is no exception. Released in March, the book of 15 essays dissects ideas of home and belonging through personal recollections and thoughtful anecdotes. The seasoned writer has a vast bibliography, including novels, short story collections and memoirs.

May 17, 2024 | reviewofjournalism.ca | Madeline Liao

Journalism plays a key role in the Superman franchise, whose titular character has become one of the most recognizable superheroes in popular culture. As we all know, Clark Kent, the hero’s civilian alias, spends his days as a reporter, and his love interest, Lois Lane, is also a journalist. But in a universe populated with aliens and supervillains, how realistic can the journalism be? In the graphic novel Superman–Earth One, there is an excerpt from a story Kent wrote about Superman.

Apr 10, 2024 | broadview.org | Madeline Liao

Arab Women Say What?! begins in an airport. Nermeen, a young Egyptian Canadian woman living in Edmonton, is waiting for her flight back home to Cairo. Going home is bittersweet for Nermeen. The joy of seeing her loved ones is always in tension with the sorrow of having to leave them again. “Every time I go, I’m reminded [of] what I miss,” she says in the documentary.

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 27, 2024 | theeyeopener.com | Madeline Liao

By Mitchell FoxJayden Fox grew up in a household obsessed with sports. The first-year defender on the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) Bold women’s hockey team and her two sisters were all coached by their father Dave as children. Fox said he has been a big influence in her life both as a coach—which she admitted could sometimes lead to arguments—and as a parent.