Inori Roy
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Not here much! Toronto journalist, editor at
@thelocal.to
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[email protected]
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An intro: I'm a Toronto-based feature writer & editor at
@thelocal.to
magazine, covering a bunch of stuff - health, education, climate, more. DMs open, or email me at
[email protected]
. And check out my latest story, on the geography and politics of complaint in Toronto:
thelocal.to/toronto-311-...
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What 311 Complaints Say About Your Neighbourhood | The Local
From wealthy neighbours griping about shrubbery to low-income tenants requesting winter heatāa map of 311 requests charts a certain kind of civic engagement, and privilege.
https://thelocal.to/toronto-311-complaints-wealth-civic-engagement/
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"Today, we are all witnesses. But the assumption that once gave value to the act of witnessing has proven to be completely untrue when it comes to Palestine."
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āThe people who were removed today are our friends and our community...They are people who have already suffered a tremendous amount of trauma and displacement, and who have now been subjected to the same again.ā Essential reporting from Eric on one of the most morally urgent crises of our time.
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The Local Magazine
16 days ago
Applications for our Early-Career Journalism Fellowship are now open! The fellowship, a joint undertaking with
@thephilanthropist.ca
, provides one Black and/or Indigenous journalist an opportunity to write about issues that matter to their community and civil society.
thelocal.to/early-career...
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Early-Career Journalism Fellowship
The fellowship provides one Black and/or Indigenous journalist an opportunity to write about issues that matter to their community and civil society.
https://thelocal.to/early-career-journalism-fellowship/
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Looking forward to this Sunday's Cover to Cover magazine mini-conference, hosted by Issues Magazine Shop! I'll be talking about assigning with care with Stacy Lee Kong, Jalani Morgan, and Nichole Jankowski. Tickets at the link!
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Cover to Cover: A Mini Magazine Conference
Join us for a oneāday conference that celebrates the people, ideas, and stories shaping magazines today.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cover-to-cover-a-mini-magazine-conference-tickets-1717193916229?aff=oddtdtcreator
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The Walrus
17 days ago
In reading about the murder of fifty-nine-year-old Kenneth Lee, journalist @royinori.bsky.social sometimes found the use of the term āswarmā melodramatic. Then she saw the footage of the girls who attacked him.
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The Walrus
20 days ago
Albertaās education system has become the latest front in a growing political and ideological struggle. Journalist @melwoods.me investigates how far-right movements mirroring those found in the US have made their way into classrooms north of the border:
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rootbeard ā¶Ģ¶š“ Happy #Noirvember š„ š¬
18 days ago
Despite being a huge fan of pulp, hardboiled, gritty crime fiction and noir films, books, comics and games, Iām not usually into true crime stories but once in a while an event like this comes along that fascinates me
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Why Did a Group of Teenage Girls Kill a Man in a Downtown Toronto Parkette? | The Walrus
Inside the crime that shocked a cityāand the courtroom drama that followed
https://thewalrus.ca/why-did-a-group-of-teenage-girls-kill-a-man-in-a-downtown-toronto-parkette/
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This is a story in which the vulnerable hurt the vulnerable. It's about power, attention, and group violence. It's also a story of race, girlhood, substance use, and growing up during COVID. I wrote about the killing of Kenneth Lee by eight teenage girls in downtown Toronto. A thread:
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@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
's feature epic about Woodbine racetrack is about so much more than just the storied establishment. It's a comprehensive look at the past & future of gambling, the romance of the races, how bettors get their thrills now, and changing perceptions around animals as assets.
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Wency Leung
about 1 month ago
In light of the encampment clearings at Dufferin Grove Park, it's worth revising this stellar piece by
@brendoherty.bsky.social
and Nick Kozak in
@thelocal.to
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Another Year, Another Encampment, Another Eviction | The Local
For years, unhoused people like Davit Sesisheili have gone from park to park, moving when the City evicts them. With new data, and reporting and photography that spans years, this is the most comprehe...
https://thelocal.to/toronto-encampment-homeless-park/
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Nick Hune-Brown
about 1 month ago
Love to see my
@thelocal.to
story on Ontario horse racing make the
@longreads.com
weekly Top 5!
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Liz Renzetti
about 1 month ago
I admire all of
@thelocal.to
reporting, and this piece on Woodbine racetrack is a banger. I love horse racing, even though it's a pretty dark sport.
@nickhunebrown.bsky.social
confronts the darkness, the economics, and the doomy shadow over the backstretch. Great writing too!
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Nick Hune-Brown
about 1 month ago
A quick š§µ on my
@thelocal.to
feature on Woodbine Racetrack, the economics of horse racing, and how to think about racehorses as ideas about animal-human relations shift.
#longreads
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Breakdown at the Racetrack | The Local
Once a lucrative gambling business, Ontario's horse racing industry is now heavily subsidized by the government. As gamblers turn to online gaming, and ideas about animal welfare shift, a cluster of f...
https://thelocal.to/breakdown-at-the-racetrack/
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Local fellow Moyo Lawuyi went looking for a temperature check on the class of 2026's outlook for the future. What she found was unexpected optimism, and resilience:
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The Future, According to the Class of 2026 | The Local
We spent our teen years under COVID lockdowns, and now face an uncertain path shaped by climate change, AI, and shifting geopolitics. But my fellow students and I are holding out hope for better days ...
https://thelocal.to/the-future-according-to-the-class-of-2026/
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On Canadian campuses, Chinese students are offered new opportunities to protest or openly criticize the Chinese government - but they also fear the fallout back home. Local fellow Vikram Nijhawan has put years of thought into this story about the risks facing a new generation finding their voice:
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The Local Magazine
about 2 months ago
The Toronto Lands Corporation, the TDSB subsidiary that manages the school boardās $20 billion-worth of land, had ambitious plans for Torontoās new communities. What will happen to that real estate, now that the province has taken over?
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What Happens to TDSBās $20 Billion Worth of Land Under Provincial Supervision? | The Local
The TDSB is one of Torontoās largest landowners. When the province took over the board, it also took over its subsidiary that manages its propertiesāand itās not saying whatās next.
https://thelocal.to/tdsb-takeover-property/
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jenny (phire)
about 1 month ago
This report on Chinese students in Canada fearing transnational reprisal for their activism here was so interesting,
@thelocal.to
does absolutely fantastic reporting
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Why Chinese Student Activists Live in Fear on Canadian Campuses | The Local
From death threats to surveillance and intimidation by their government, Chinese students at Canadian universities feel the chill of transnational repression.
https://thelocal.to/chinese-international-students-transnational-repression/
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Kunal Chaudhary
23 days ago
Wrote about the dire straits of York University, which like many in Ontario is cutting its programming and employee ranks down to the bone. For decades, York has brought higher education to some of the most disadvantaged communities in the GTA -- the loss of this would be incalculable.
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Questionable spending choices, a repair backlog, layoffs and buyouts, shuttered programs. An incisive view from the inside at the fraught state of affairs at York University:
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Post Mahone
23 days ago
This is a really interesting and thorough article. A lot of what Iāve heard from people who work at and consult for York is made clear here. Great reporting.
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Interrupting my social media hiatus to shout out
@thelocal.to
's continued fall issue on higher education in Ontario. Most recently, this amazing deep dive on conditions facing boarder tenants living at one U of T frat house, by Ella MacCormack &
@wencyleung.bsky.social
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When Your Landlord is a Frat | The Local
Without enough brothers to fill their houses, some fraternities have begun renting rooms to non-students desperate for cheap rent. The results have been messy.
https://thelocal.to/fraternities-delta-kappa-epsilon-landlords/
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Filipa Pajevic
about 2 months ago
"...the section on post-secondary institutions is vague enough that it grants the provincial government unprecedented leeway to dictate admission policies in higher education, and student fee management," writes
@royinori.bsky.social
on Bill 33 for
@thelocal.to
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Doug Ford Is Trying to Control How Universities Operate | The Local
Ontarioās Bill 33 mandates merit-based admissions and gives the province unprecedented power over university and college operations. Is it part of a broader right-wing crackdown on campuses?
https://thelocal.to/bill-33-ontario-post-secondary-education-ford-overreach/
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Simon Lewsen
about 2 months ago
So,
@thelocal.to
is rolling out its Higher Education issue today. I wrote an essay about the supposed death of the humanities. Are the humanities really dying, though? In my own classroom at the University of Toronto, I see surprising signs of life.
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The Humanities Aren't Dead Yet | The Local
Enrollment in the liberal arts has been in freefall for years. But despite apocalyptic declarations about the end of the humanities, in my own classroom I see signs of life.
https://thelocal.to/humanities-in-crisis/
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Dr. Stephanie Craig
about 2 months ago
This is an excellent analysis of what has been happening to post-secondary education in Ontario. It succinctly describes how the tuition cut and freeze by Ford directly lead to the explosion of international students, and how under funded ON universities are.
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Ontarioās Post-Secondary Education Crisis in Five Figures | The Local
Stagnant provincial funding, a domestic tuition freeze, cuts to international students, and expensive capital projectsāthe numbers behind the emergency in higher education.
https://thelocal.to/ontario-post-secondary-education-funding-crisis/
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The Local Magazine
about 2 months ago
The humanities have been in crisis for the entirety of
@simonlewsen.bsky.social
's career. But despite apocalyptic declarations about the death of the liberal arts, in his own classroom he sees signs of life.
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The Humanities Aren't Dead Yet | The Local
Enrollment in the liberal arts has been in freefall for years. But despite apocalyptic declarations about the end of the humanities, in my own classroom I see signs of life.
https://thelocal.to/humanities-in-crisis/
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The Local Magazine
about 2 months ago
Stagnant provincial funding, a domestic tuition freeze, cuts to international students, and expensive capital projectsā@kunalchaudhary.bsky.social on the numbers behind the crisis in higher education.
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Ontarioās Post-Secondary Education Crisis in Five Figures | The Local
Stagnant provincial funding, a domestic tuition freeze, cuts to international students, and expensive capital projectsāthe numbers behind the emergency in higher education.
https://thelocal.to/ontario-post-secondary-education-funding-crisis/
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The Local Magazine
about 2 months ago
Announcing the Higher Education Issue! Launching today, and continuing throughout the fall, we dive into the world of post-secondary education in Ontario at a moment of profound change.
thelocal.to/fall-2025/
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The Higher Education Issue | The Local
Facing a financial crisis, as well as enormous technological, political, and social upheaval, Ontario's higher education system is in flux. Throughout the fall, weāre reporting stories from Torontoās ...
https://thelocal.to/fall-2025/
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Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine
2 months ago
Around 250 media outlets from 50 countries, plus journalists and press freedom orgs, are uniting today to demand that Israel abides by international laws to protect journalists as civilians, and that Israel allows foreign journalists into Gaza.
#protectjournalistsingaza
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I won't forget the anger, sadness, stillness that hung in the room after the screening I attended in February. Documentaries like this need to be seen. A fantastic, insightful, complex story from Filipa on all that stands in the way of No Other Land and its rightful audience.
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"Canada issued a welcomed condemnation of the Al Jazeera killings...[but] stopped short of naming Israel...How can we protect journalists when we canāt even name who is killing them? Now is not a moment for diplomatic hedging. It is a moment for moral clarity"
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Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine: A Call to Name the Killer, Not Just the Crime
How many journalists have to be killed before we name the killer? What does press freedom mean if it excludes Palestinians? In its latest strike, Israel killed an entire Al Jazeera news crew in Gazaāp...
https://institute.aljazeera.net/en/ajr/article/3308
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Longreads
3 months ago
Our Top 5: ⢠Mapping the scars (
@slate.com
) ⢠A parent, twice met (
@newyorker.com
) ⢠Paradise in peril (
@thedialmag.bsky.social
) ⢠Hallucinating war
@thepointmag.bsky.social
) ⢠Wriggly business (
@thelocal.to
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week - Longreads
Recommending excellent stories by Tony Ho Tran, Rachel Aviv, Ariel Saramandi, Theo Lipsky, and Inori Roy.
https://longreads.com/2025/08/15/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-575/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Delighted and grateful that this feature has wormed it's way into the hearts of the editors at Longreads, and to be in such good company in this week's top 5.
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The Local Magazine
3 months ago
Great to see
@royinori.bsky.social
's feature on the surreal world of Ontario worm picking make it to
@longreads.com
's Top 5 Longreads of the Week!
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week - Longreads
Recommending excellent stories by Tony Ho Tran, Rachel Aviv, Ariel Saramandi, Theo Lipsky, and Inori Roy.
https://longreads.com/2025/08/15/the-top-5-longreads-of-the-week-575/
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Wency Leung
3 months ago
At
@thelocal.to
, we knew schools were relying on non-teachersāparents, grandparents, lunch monitors, aspiring educatorsāto fill in for staff absences. Data we obtained through an FOI request revealed a staggering 1,100% spike in their use since pre-
#COVID
at
#TDSB
#OntEd
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New Data Shows Dramatic Rise in Non-Teachers Filling in at TDSB Schools | The Local
Records obtained by The Local reveal the TDSB's use of unqualified emergency replacements jumped more than 1,100 percent since COVID.
https://thelocal.to/tdsb-emergency-replacements/
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Absolutely mind-boggling find from the brilliant
@wencyleung.bsky.social
: exclusive data obtained through FOI shows that there's been a 1,152 percent spike in the use of non-qualified, emergency replacement teachers at the TDSB in the last seven years.
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Despite now having the benefit of hindsight on the climate crisis (so far), we're still just letting this happen. Insane.
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Emma McIntosh
4 months ago
This is a perfect story
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On the Hunt for Nightcrawlers in the Worm-Picking Capital of the World | The Local
Nearly all bait worms sold in North America are hand-plucked from farmland in this part of Canada. But with labour shortages and climate change, some worry weāre witnessing the final wiggles of a once...
https://thelocal.to/ontario-nightcrawler-worm-industry-immigration-labour-climate-change/
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Ben Bartosik
4 months ago
Everything is connected. I really enjoyed this. It's the sort of storytelling we need more of to show people how their lifestyles and interests are deeply dependant on migrant labour, supply chains, and environmental stability.
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Alexia Yates
4 months ago
This is a fascinating story - business history, environment, migrationā¦Just when you want to give up on media.
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Charlotte Prong
4 months ago
We have worms in our fridge all summer and I have never thought about where they come from. šŖ± Beautifully written, fascinating story by
@royinori.bsky.social
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JunctionCompunctionš
4 months ago
This is such a terrific article - go read it! Things you never gave a moment's thought to, big and small. Well done,
@royinori.bsky.social
for shining a light (red headlamp, obvs) on an Ontario industry I didn't even existed.
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Nick Hune-Brown
4 months ago
@royinori.bsky.social
spent a night worm picking and came back with so many mind-boggling facts. Nearly all bait worms are harvested in one small corner of southern Ontario? Today's worms aren't even native to North America??
#longreads
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On the Hunt for Nightcrawlers in the Worm-Picking Capital of the World | The Local
Nearly all bait worms sold in North America are hand-plucked from farmland in this part of Canada. But with labour shortages and climate change, some worry weāre witnessing the final wiggles of a once...
https://thelocal.to/ontario-nightcrawler-worm-industry-immigration-labour-climate-change/
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I spent a night in a field an hour outside Kitchener getting an up-close look at the worm industry. Our tiny corner of the province exports all of North America's bait worms: it's a curious business run by families and powered by immigrant labour, and every fact I learned enchanted me a little morešŖ±
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Leah McElrath
4 months ago
UNWRA has enough food stockpiled at entry points to Gaza to feed the entire population for three months. It also has the infrastructure necessary to distribute the food. Israel is refusing to open the gates to allow in the aid and aid workers.
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UNRWA urges immediate access to Gaza, as food for entire population stockpiled for over 3 months
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Saturday called for the immediate lifting of restrictions preventing life-saving aid from reaching Gaza, saying it has food stockpiled to support tā¦
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250719-unrwa-urges-immediate-access-to-gaza-as-food-for-entire-population-stockpiled-for-over-3-months/
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Jimmy Thomson
4 months ago
They receive a salary, but there's no food to buy. Their vehicles are useless without gas, so they walk or use donkey carts.
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The latest from The Local's wildlife issue will send a tingle through your scalp. Each year, some unlucky parents pay hundreds of dollars to have stubborn, drug-resistant lice removed from their children's hair. Inside the industry dealing with the mite-sized problem no one wants to talk about.
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Ricochet Media
4 months ago
We're determined to keep our
#journalism
free, independent & fearless. But everyday, that gets harder. That's why we launched one of our most ambitious campaigns yet. This summer, we need 500 new monthly donors so we never stop asking questions on your behalf. Join us:
ricochet.media/donate/
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This story is, to me, exactly what our wildlife issue is about. Yes, bird flu's effect on the human world matters - but bird flu's early victims, the urban wild, are our neighbours and should matter too. "What do we stand to lose if we donāt pay attention to whatās happening in the natural world?"
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Filipa Pajevic
4 months ago
Canadian media workers should care because an attack on journalists in Gaza is an attack on journalists everywhere, says
@royinori.bsky.social
. The Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine launched today. Follow @cjjpmedia on Instagram for more.
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This will without a doubt be the most delightful thing you read this week - do not miss the latest in The Local's Wild Wild City issue!
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