Spring Magazine

In the midst of his mayoral election campaign let it be known that Bradford “Brad” Bradford (yes, Brad is short for Bradford) is many things…...

The post A hater’s guide to Brad Bradford  first appeared on Spring.

On August 17, 2026, Mark Carney announced the largest clean energy investment in North American history. The investment totals around $70 billion with $10 billion...

The post How Carney plays both sides on climate policy first appeared on Spring.

Many of Ontario’s teachers started the school year underfunded, with no contract, and potentially with no supplies. We must continue to support educators and education workers in Ontario, as their fight is our fight, and if they win, we win.

The post Doug Ford is privatizing education at the expense of teachers, students, and taxpayers first appeared on Spring.

As education workers, students, parents and other community members in Ontario battle Doug Ford for a better education system, alliances are forming or expanding to...

The post Join parents’ fight for better public education first appeared on Spring.

The outbreak of multiple regional wars, the global increase in military spending, and the fractious trade wars in response to Trump’s tariffs are all signs...

The post Canadian nationalism won’t save us from Trump’s aggression; working class struggle will first appeared on Spring.

The recent backtracking by prominent Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) politicians, most notably Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani, on the call to defund the police...

The post Building mass movements: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and lessons from Black Lives Matter first appeared on Spring.

255,000 education workers across Ontario are currently in collective bargaining with the provincial government, with a mass strike potentially looming in the future. Since 2018,...

The post RESOURCES: Support Ontario education workers! first appeared on Spring.

At first blush, The Odyssey and Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s back-to-back smash hits, could not seem more different. The former stands on the cusp of history...

The post Christopher Nolan highlights the power and limits of Enlightenment first appeared on Spring.

In the morning of August 31, Egyptian journalist Hossam el-Hamalawy received an email from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), informing him that it had...

The post International solidarity works: Hossam el-Hamalawy wins entry to Canada first appeared on Spring.

On August 29, another round of “Fight Ford” protests took place across Ontario. These protests have been taking place monthly since February in response to...

The post Thousands across Ontario protest Doug Ford in support of public education first appeared on Spring.

In 2022, education workers represented by the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (CUPE-OSBCU) forced Doug Ford and Ontario Education Minister Lecce to withdraw Bill...

The post When teachers defied the law first appeared on Spring.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has denied entry to Hossam el-Hamalway, a prominent Egyptian journalist who is scheduled to deliver two lectures at Simon...

The post Federal government blocks prominent Egyptian journalist from entering Canada first appeared on Spring.

Across Ontario, thousands of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families are waiting for services they need to live safely and participate...

The post When the waitlist becomes the crisis first appeared on Spring.