Michelle Cyca

While National Newswatch does not keep an archive of external articles for longer than 6 months, we do keep all articles written by contributors who post directly to our site. Here you will find all of the contributed and linked external articles from Michelle Cyca.

Can You Be Sued for Saying Someone Isn’t Indigenous?

Can You Be Sued for Saying Someone Isn’t Indigenous?

IN JUNE 2021, an Atikamekw artist named Catherine Boivin posted a video on TikTok. It begins with a clip of a woman who goes by Isabelle Kun-Nipiu Falardeau describing “une femme Métis de l’Est,” or an Eastern Metis woman. In French, Falardeau explains that such women are “wild . . . you let them loose in a forest and they...

Journalists Are Becoming Cogs in the Outrage Machine

Journalists Are Becoming Cogs in the Outrage Machine

IN THE EARLY HOURS of July 14, just hours after an attempted assassination of former United States president Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania, the X account Libs of TikTok posted, “Hi @ubc, this one of your professors?” It included two screenshots: one was of the University of British Columbia faculty of medicine web page with information about a...

Parental Leave Is Broken

Parental Leave Is Broken

LAST NOVEMBER, North Vancouver MLA Bowinn Ma welcomed her first child, Azalea, becoming one of only around a dozen female cabinet ministers to have given birth while holding office in Canadian history. When she posted a photo of a bassinet in her office on social media, the congratulations were mingled with criticisms. “How are you going to do your job...