Calvin White

Where this writer stands

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Recent work

• Opinion: Children aren't getting the protection they deserve against the harms of AIOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Oct 29, 2026
• Opinion: Reading has been reduced to skimming, but newspapers can help open mindsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Oct 1, 2026
• We worry social media is unsafe for children, yet we put AI chatbots in their classroomsOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 6, 2026
• Opinion: AI is stifling our kids' ability to exercise their minds — while we complacently watchOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 8, 2026
• Opinion: Our kids don't understand how technology is affecting their brains — and that's our faultOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Sep 25, 2025
• Opinion: We are too quick to avert our gaze from those suffering on our streetsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jul 9, 2025
• Opinion: Our children have become algorithmedOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 8, 2025
• Calvin White: Australia at least has the guts to try to get "social" media out of kids' livesOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 2, 2025
• Calvin White: People trapped in a self-destructive world need help to get freeOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Sep 23, 2024
• Calvin White: Warnings on apps won't make kids forsake social mediaOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jul 10, 2024
• Calvin White: What help is there for the mentally ill? Help lines and waiting listsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · May 28, 2024
• Calvin White: What's wrong with the clarity of letter grades?Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Jul 11, 2023
• Opinion | There are some books that are not appropriate for school librariesOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 22, 2023
• Calvin White: Decriminalization on its own does nothing to tackle foundations of addictionOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 14, 2023
• White: Decriminalization on its own does nothing to tackle foundations of addictionOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Feb 14, 2023
• Opinion | We need to ask, how can we help our soldiers and police officers?Opinion · Toronto Star · Dec 19, 2022
• Opinion | Alberta’s sovereignty act is a seditious and sobering threat to Canadian democracyOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 3, 2022
• Opinion | What’s our own role in creating a toxic hockey ‘culture’ for young men?Opinion · Toronto Star · Aug 6, 2022
• Opinion | Ukraine has accepted the myth of believing it’s best to die fightingOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 12, 2022
• Calvin White: Where is the education for kids about the real risks of hard drugs?Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 16, 2022
• Calvin White: We can battle the pandemic by focusing on our social health, tooOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Feb 10, 2021
• White: We can battle the pandemic by focusing on our social health tooOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Feb 8, 2021
• Calvin White: Kindness attracts, fear repelsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 21, 2020
• Calvin White: Gandhi was a friend of protest and a greater friend of equalityOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 28, 2020
• Calvin White: Gandhi was a friend of protest and a greater friend of equalityOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 28, 2020
• Calvin White: Minority government far better than a majority for LiberalsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Dec 1, 2019
• White: A minority government is actually better for the LiberalsOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 1, 2019
• Calvin White: Mental health in schools, what it really meansOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Sep 22, 2019
• White: Mental health in schools, what it really meansOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Sep 22, 2019
• Calvin White: Is helplessness the new normal in protecting our kids?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 29, 2019
• Calvin White: Is helplessness the new normal in protecting our kids?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 29, 2019
• Calvin White: Is helplessness the new normal in protecting our kids?Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 29, 2019
• White: Like many teens, Kam and Bryer were lost — and we should have noticedOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 15, 2019
• Calvin White: Like many teens, Kam and Bryer were lost — and we should have noticedOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 15, 2019
• Calvin White: Ban on face-covering niqab isn't an attack on religious expressionOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 28, 2019
• Calvin White: Parents must discuss marijuana with their kidsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Sep 7, 2018
• Calvin White: 'I am waiting'Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Aug 24, 2018
• Calvin White: 'I am waiting'Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 24, 2018
• Calvin White: This is who we are, unfortunatelyOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jun 22, 2018
• Calvin White: Golden Knights' success shows power of refusing to believe in limitsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · May 14, 2018
• Opinion: Humbug to 'Holiday' concertsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Dec 18, 2017
• Opinion: How do we bring about change in the age of Weinstein?Opinion · Vancouver Sun · Dec 2, 2017
• Opinion: The death of us — how we sell out our kidsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Sep 10, 2017
• Opinion: The death of us — how we sell out our kidsOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Sep 10, 2017
• Opinion: The death of us — how we sell out our kidsOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Sep 9, 2017
• Protect kids from new pot lawsOpinion · Toronto Star · May 26, 2016
• Protect kids from new pot laws | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · May 25, 2016
• Opinion: Personalized learning robs students of educationOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 30, 2015
• Opinion: Personalized learning robs students of educationOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Aug 30, 2015
• Eliminate bullying by teaching kids how to get alongOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 20, 2013
• Zero tolerance for campus sex-chant ‘tradition’Opinion · Toronto Star · Sep 15, 2013
• Our schools need to help boys become menOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 8, 2013
• Our schools need to help boys become menOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 8, 2013
• The leadership gapOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 8, 2011
• The leadership gapOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 7, 2011
• The leadership gap | Toronto StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 7, 2011
• Czech Gypsies turn to Canada for protection from discriminationOpinion · Edmonton Journal · Jul 12, 2009