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Sakeina Syed

Sakeina Syed is a writer based in Toronto. Her work has appeared in Vogue, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Spacing, Maisonneuve, and others. Sakeina was a 2023 Local Journalism Fellow.

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Investigation by Sakeina Syed

Excluded: The Legal Loophole Barring Hundreds of Ontario Students From School

A little-known provision gives school principals blanket authority to exclude “detrimental” students from class. Advocates say it’s being abused, and the province isn't paying enough attention.

Feature by Sakeina Syed

What It Takes to Get Someone Housed

Each day, housing support workers like Madison McElroy are asked to do the near impossible: get clients out of homelessness and onto a lease in the midst of a raging rental crisis.

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