Gouya Roshan From Darkness to Light

Ongoing Injustices Against Indigenous Peoples in Canada Human history is marked by domination, oppression, and displacement. Throughout history, many people have experienced injustice and inequality, and often these experiences have been acknowledged or compensated for. However, for some groups, these injustices persist. One such group is the Indigenous peoples of Canada, who continue to suffer under this oppression to this day. The structural consequences of historical injustices continue to affect their daily lives. Indigenous peoples are constantly confronted with systemic discrimination. For example, when they become ill, they are often blamed for “excessive alcohol consumption,” and their treatment is delayed. Equal access to employment and universities is limited, and their voices are rarely heard. Even celebrations named after them fail to reflect genuine respect for their everyday lives. In some regions of Canada, Indigenous communities still lack access to clean drinking water...

  Life is a school that never shows the ending to anyone.  Every day we enter a new classroom; sometimes with enthusiasm, sometimes with fear, and sometimes simply out of obligation. In this school, the lessons are not always what we want, but all of them are necessary. Problems are part of life’s curriculum. They are like algebra classes; at first complicated, dry, and exhausting. Many times we say to ourselves, “What is this good for?” But right at the moment we are about to give up, we learn to think, to be patient, and to build solutions. Algebra teaches us that for every unknown, if we do not lose hope, there is an answer. Life is the same. Hardships do not come to break us; they come to strengthen our minds and deepen our hearts. Some lessons are practical, some painful, and some so quiet that only later do we understand what they taught us. Failures are midterm exams, and successes are grades given only for encouragement, not for stopping. A good student of life is not ...