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Equality of Outcomes in Education: A Case Study of Structural Injustice at U of T
Dick Gariepy | Big Thinky Ouchey I aim to highlight that the presence of accessibility services and emergency funds from the registrar's...
Dick Gariepy
Aug 207 min read


“Have You Tried Shutting Up and Going Away?"-The Moral Solipsism of Alberta MLA Joe Ceci
What I asked was simple: If you believe in justice, start here. If you believe in access, help carry my case.
If you believe in truth, stand beside my account. If you believe in care, risk being changed by what you hear.
But Joe Ceci didn’t.
Dick Gariepy
Jun 1817 min read


Mental Pain and Medical Neglect: When Suffering Has No Object and No Exit
When the pain is intense enough, you cease to be someone in the world. You become a body against the world. The bench beneath you becomes strange. The air seems distant. Language cracks under the pressure. Even your name starts to feel like someone else’s.
Dick Gariepy
Jun 413 min read


This Silence Has Terms and Conditions: Saying No To A Cash Settlement From Apple
I walked away from a significant financial offer, enough to keep a roof over my head, enough to buy time, finish school, stabilize. I knew exactly what it would cost me. I did it anyway.
Because I knew what signing would mean.
Dick Gariepy
May 1412 min read


Door-Knob Diplomacy: Trauma and police encounters
When power crosses your threshold without consent, it isn't just the door that breaks — it's the illusion that you were ever meant to be safe inside
Dick Gariepy
Apr 269 min read


To Everyone Who Read It and Said Nothing- family response to trauma
I gave them the chance to say something before the consequences became permanent. I gave them the chance to help prevent this from going further. And they took that opportunity and set it on fire.
Dick Gariepy
Apr 219 min read


The Shameful Art of Acting Shamelessly: Verity Turpin and the University of Calgary's Institutional Gaslighting.
Imagine wielding institutional power like a hammer, only to show up later pretending you’ve never seen a nail in your life.
Dick Gariepy
Apr 1113 min read
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