Arno Rosenfeld

Journalist based in in Vancouver and San Francisco. I love writing, soccer and Ethiopian food.

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Emotions run high over Canadian bid to buy Dead Sea potash plant

I recently wrote my first feature for The Times of Israel, which can be found in full on their website. It discusses a Canadian fertilizer company’s bid to takeover an Israeli company. Continue reading →

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Exhibit recalls Jewish refugees and Nazi prisoners held together in Canadian prisons

I recently wrote my first feature for JTA on the internment of Jewish refugees in Canada during World War II. You can currently find it on the JTA website and Continue reading →

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The great copyright battle of UBC

Hubert Lai runs his hand over a ragged block of concrete affixed to a trophy stand in his office. “There’s supposed to be a glass box around it,” UBC’s highly Continue reading →

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UC’s logo blunder

The University of California is changing its logo. Yes, the UC system had a logo—and now they have a new one. I take tremendous pride in California having a world Continue reading →

Teachers in Kenyan refugee camps, an initiative UBC and Kenya’s Moi University are partners in. Photo courtesy of Marina Milner-Bolotin.

A pioneering program for education in refugee camps

This article won the John H. MacDonald Award for Best News writing in Canadian Student Journalism 2011-2012 and the Newspapers Canada Award for Best Campus News Story  Mustafa Ibrahim Ahmed came Continue reading →

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Investigation finds Fido agents knowingly signed underage students to cellphone contracts

A Ubyssey investigation has discovered evidence of salespeople from Fido Mobile compelling underage students to sign cellphone contracts using false ages. Through interviewing students who signed up for Fido cellphones at two Continue reading →

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The martyrdom of J. Christopher Stevens

J. Christopher Stevens exemplified American diplomacy at its best, and for that he was murdered. Diplomacy can be dry, it can be political, it can be ineffective — a necessary Continue reading →

Hard hitting journalism, or a fantastic photo-op?

Why I’m Boycotting Nicholas Kristof

I’m sick of Nick. Nicholas Kristof’s shtick as The New York Times go-anywhere-I-want-write-about-anything-I-want columnist got old a while ago. He mucks around the world “discovering” issues that had been widely reported previously. His Continue reading →

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No there, there: Reporting from OccupySF

Growing up in what often feels like an apathetic generation, the Occupy Wall Street protests caught my attention. Since I first read about the protest in Zuccotti Park, the “Occupy” Continue reading →

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Blogging can’t escape infection in Contagion

[Spoiler info: This post doesn't give much away, but if you're the type who prefers to know nothing before seeing a movie, steer clear until you've seen it] James Huber wrote about Oakland Continue reading →

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