The pulse

"The film follows Norie and Derek, a Filipino immigrant couple in Calgary impacted by the massive COVID-19 outbreak at the Cargill meat plant in April 2020. It’s a story of injustice, revealing the long way Canada still has to go to achieve its promise of multiculturalism and equity, but it’s also a story of love and resilience. Norie and Derek are resolute dreamers, prepared to start over again and again because they believe in this country and in themselves. It’s migrants like them who make Canada the Canada we are all so proud of—they’re not just essential workers; they’re essential Canadians."

"The pandemic has taken its toll on Montreal’s restaurant industry, but gloomy times didn’t deter one West Island couple from opening their own bagel shop. They took a leap of faith after noticing there were no other shops selling fresh Montreal-style bagels in the Pointe-Claire Village, home to several coffee shops and bakeries…"

Cameron Iizuka '22 has written a piece for the Lake Oswego Review about ethnicity and self-identifying as Asian-American. Iizuka is a columnist for Respond to Racism's youth social justice column, wherein she writes about integrating anti-racism (and other tools for dismantling white supremacy) into day-to-day life.

Eric Peterson '83 has been named as Hargrave Military Academy’s next president. Peterson earned his BA in English from Dartmouth College and a JD with honors from Northwestern University. Peterson has decades of independent school experience, including 13 years as the head of School at St. George’s School in Rhode Island.

"I got a scholarship to go to Deerfield Academy, a high school in Massachusetts, and then to Columbia University. In the summers, I returned to my family in Kabul to see new buildings going up everywhere. Universities were a favorite, and sprawling wedding halls, too. Like a lot of Afghans educated abroad in those years, I chose to come home to make my living after getting my degree…"

Last Thursday, Ainsley Hubbard signed her National Letter of Intent to attend University of Vermont and play Division I field hockey. Hubbard, who attends Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Mass., started playing field hockey at age 5…

Deerfield student Ana Vizitiv '23 founded FeminisMD, an organization that promotes feminism and gender equality through the empowerment of women’s voices in Moldova. Read about Ana's journey in STEM, her work in education reform and her time as an official United Nations Representative and speaker at the Paris Generation Equality Forum.

This Thursday, the Washington Project for the Arts (WPA)WPA will be hosting a conversation with Mr. Abreu, about cultural assimilation, his immigration and citizenship experiences, and art! WPA is a platform for collaborative and experimental artist-organized projects, dialogue, and advocacy based in Washington, DC.

‘A Whole Recollection’ installation invites public to reflect on the pandemic.

Beta Sigma Boulé Foundation awarded a $4,000 scholarship to each young man selected as a 2021 Howard L. Edmonds Scholar. Nasir Barnes '21 attends Morehouse College where he is studying to become a machine learning engineer.

Deerfield alum Karen Tai '17 graduated from Yale with a B.S./M.S. in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. She was awarded a fellowship at the University of Oxford where she hopes to aid healthcare reform and improve cancer diagnostics and treatment.