Inori Roy
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Journalist, Associate editor @TheLocal_TO | Bylines @TorontoStar @thenarwhalca @UE | Get in touch: [email protected] | Also on bsky! (she/her)
Toronto, Ontario
Joined December 2017
Today, I join dozens (and counting) of my fellow journalists in Canada in condemning Israel's killing of journalists in Gaza. We urge fair, accurate, context-driven coverage of the war from Canadian media. If you're a journalist, please consider signing:
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Vous pouvez trouver une version française de cette lettre ici. The French version of the following letter can be found here. As Canadian journalists, we are writing to express our horror and condem...
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NEW: Israel killed 104 Palestinians (and 46 children) in Gaza Tuesday, in a clear violation of the ceasefire. But mainstream media failed to accurately convey the severity of the moment, acting instead as a mouthpiece for the Israeli government. https://t.co/NosRMisLhY
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Canadian mainstream media coverage of Israel’s deadly airstrikes “an epic failure of both journalistic and moral principles,” says professor.
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In the West Bank, Israeli settlers — aided by the IDF, police and private militias — have ramped up violence against Palestinians since the start of olive season. Pogroms, lynchings, and the destruction of thousands of olive trees. https://t.co/M5ZHZs7492
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The Ford government has proposed a series of changes that will effectively end rent control in Ontario. It's an "apocalypse for tenants," one advocate tells The Grind. @emmapaling and @rdassaly report. https://t.co/6srTFXK6WJ
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Tenant groups are ringing the alarm over changes that could dramatically increase the price of rent and drive people out of their homes. But the proposed legislation, endorsed by the landlord lobby…
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"Today, we are all witnesses. But the assumption that once gave value to the act of witnessing has proven to be completely untrue when it comes to Palestine."
For the @TorontoStar, I spoke to Saeed Teebi about his best-selling new memoir, "You Will Not Kill Our Imagination." It's a book about living in exile, and how the silencing of Palestinian stories has paved the way for Israel's campaign of annihilation. https://t.co/89bZnYSwrT
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absolutely heartbreaking
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ICE deported 17-year-old Nory Sontay Ramos and her mother. Devastation met them in Guatemala.
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Looking forward to this Sunday's Cover to Cover magazine mini-conference, hosted by Issues Magazine Shop! I'll be talking about assigning with care with @stacyleekong , @jalanimorgan , and @mallwitch. Tickets at the link! https://t.co/jGDY8O05MB
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From @thewalrus: Why Did a Group of Teenage Girls Kill a Man in a Downtown Toronto Parkette? by @royinori Inside the crime that shocked a city—and the courtroom drama that followed. #Longreads #Longfrom
https://t.co/JBRXkrpPmo 🎧
thewalrus.ca
Inside the crime that shocked a city—and the courtroom drama that followed
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Female offenders in Canada commit just a fraction of the reported crimes male offenders do—one in every four in 2017. Rarely are those crimes violent. It's one reason why the 2022 killing of Kenneth Lee by a group of teenage girls rattled Toronto.
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Inside the crime that shocked a city—and the courtroom drama that followed
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This is a story about the vulnerable hurting the vulnerable: about power, attention, and group violence. It's also a story of race, girlhood, substance use, and growing up during COVID. I wrote about the killing of Kenneth Lee by eight teenage girls in downtown Toronto. A thread:
In the early hours of December 18, 2022, eight girls were arrested and charged with the murder of an unhoused man in Toronto. Who were the girls? What exactly had they done? And why? Journalist @royinori unpacks the story behind the shocking headline:
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It's unusual for journalists to publicly thank one another but I would be remiss if I didn't also thank @jpags and @ploriggio, court reporting legends who were extraordinarily generous and helpful as I navigated my first ever court case.
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This years-long story exists first and foremost becuase of the trust, support, and encouragement of my editor, the brilliant @dafnaizenberg, for whom I have infinite gratitude and awe. Many thanks to the team at @thewalrus and to my excellent fact-checker Amarah Hasham-Steele.
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I thought they'd be girls exposed to violence, now committing it in turn. What I saw and learned in court, paired with insights from experts & laywers, helped me piece together a more complicated, uneasy reality, revealed only in fragments. Read the story:
thewalrus.ca
Inside the crime that shocked a city—and the courtroom drama that followed
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The case had all the makings of a moral panic: misinformation about the girls' social media presence & how they met, fears about random violence in Toronto. Some looked to blame and punish. The crime went from singular tragedy to political Rorschach test.
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Lee was stabbed just past midnight on Dec 18, 2022, in a vicious attack by eight girls aged 13-16. The teens had been drinking & smoking weed in the hours before the swarm, and had been fighting with people all evening as they travelled south on the subway
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This is a story about the vulnerable hurting the vulnerable: about power, attention, and group violence. It's also a story of race, girlhood, substance use, and growing up during COVID. I wrote about the killing of Kenneth Lee by eight teenage girls in downtown Toronto. A thread:
In the early hours of December 18, 2022, eight girls were arrested and charged with the murder of an unhoused man in Toronto. Who were the girls? What exactly had they done? And why? Journalist @royinori unpacks the story behind the shocking headline:
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In the early hours of December 18, 2022, eight girls were arrested and charged with the murder of an unhoused man in Toronto. Who were the girls? What exactly had they done? And why? Journalist @royinori unpacks the story behind the shocking headline:
thewalrus.ca
Inside the crime that shocked a city—and the courtroom drama that followed
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In reading about the murder of fifty-nine-year-old Kenneth Lee, journalist @royinori sometimes found the use of the term “swarm” melodramatic. Then she saw the footage of the girls who attacked him.
thewalrus.ca
Inside the crime that shocked a city—and the courtroom drama that followed
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Local fellow Moyo Lawuyi went looking for a temperature check on the class of 2026's outlook for the future. What she found was unexpected optimism, and resilience:
thelocal.to
We spent our teen years under COVID lockdowns, and now face an uncertain path shaped by climate change, AI, and shifting geopolitics. But my fellow students and I are holding out hope for better days...
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On Canadian campuses, Chinese students have new opportunities to protest the Chinese government. They also fear the fallout. Local fellow Vikram Nijhawan has put years of thought into this story about the risks facing a new generation finding their voice
thelocal.to
From death threats to surveillance and intimidation by their government, Chinese students at Canadian universities feel the chill of transnational repression.
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Questionable spending choices, a repair backlog, layoffs and buyouts, shuttered programs. An incisive view from the inside at the fraught state of affairs at York University: https://t.co/d55Hqh9oaZ
thelocal.to
After program closures, questionable major capital projects, and increasingly fractious labour relations, what is the future of York University?
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