Jordan Whelan
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Jordan Whelan is a contributor and radio producer of Beyond the Mic with Mike Bullard on Newstalk 1010, Canada's largest talk radio station. His articles have appeared in multiple publications including blogs for MuchMusic and in the pages of The Chicago Tribune. Whelan also acts as part owner and director of marketing and communications for furniture company Our Paper Life.

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Changing Your Facebook Profile Won't Help Gay Marriage

(12) Comments | Posted April 2, 2013 | 5:00 PM

As the ever mounting case for same sex marriage lost its footing in the US Supreme Court this week, so did the efforts of a generation.

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) spearheaded the effort online asking marriage equality supporters to simply change their social media profile to a...

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Millennials: The Karma Generation?

(1) Comments | Posted February 4, 2012 | 1:40 PM

In the interest of full disclosure, I sit comfortably in today's archetype of a millennial. My smartphone is an appendage, my closet is littered with childhood participatory ribbons, and I vacillate between online news and the nefarious beast of reality television.

The Pew Research Centre is optimistic...

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Here's What The Rich Don't Seem to Get

(6) Comments | Posted January 15, 2012 | 2:24 PM

For those of us whose jobs come without a little extra "cushion," congratulations on slugging out your first weeks back. Lady Gaga was right, you ARE on the right track baby. That is, of course if only you'd work a little harder, smarter and quicker. The magic number is 189...

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No Peace for the Catholic Church

(37) Comments | Posted December 23, 2011 | 6:38 AM

The brisk arrival of the holiday season and its coincidence with one of the most profound economic downturns in decades has seemingly influenced Pope Benedict's message for the World Day of Peace 2012.

The Catholic leader is calling for "mechanisms for the redistribution of wealth," a message...

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In Praise of Sissy Men

(11) Comments | Posted December 16, 2011 | 10:25 AM

We've been spoiled with above average temperatures for the past two months here in Toronto, but Christie Blatchford's latest column, "Toronto, City of Sissies," carries with it an admonition common to the coldest of February frosts.

Blatchford's thesis is simple: we, the men who call Toronto home,...

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