Toula Foscolos
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Toula Foscolos is the News Director for six weekly TC Media-owned newspapers in the Montreal region. Her weekly column, Toula’s Take, published in eight weekly papers and available online, tackles a variety of local, national and international topics. You can follow her on Twitter.

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Rehtaeh Parsons: Yet Another Rape Victim to Blame?

(51) Comments | Posted April 9, 2013 | 12:23 PM

When I recently wrote a column about the two young men in Steubenville who were found guilty of raping an unconscious 16-year-old girl, I received a number of thank-you emails from readers - both male and female.

I also received a 1000-word diatribe from a reader, about...

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Can Quebec Move Past its Teenage Angst?

(21) Comments | Posted September 5, 2012 | 4:16 PM

Sleep deprived, confused, conflicted, disoriented, defeated, in need of some perspective, and still cautiously optimistic. These are but some of the emotions I'm experiencing the day after what turned out to be a surreal ending to this month-long cacophony of campaign coverage.

First off, the results...proving, once again, that...

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Why The Media Have the Quebec Protests All Wrong

(297) Comments | Posted May 25, 2012 | 3:24 PM

I've been watching the student protest movement closely from day one. I studied its emergence from a singular tuition hike issue to a movement that has now grown to reflect a deep-seated anger and distrust of the status quo; a movement that's now engulfed the entire province and threatens to...

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