About 5X Press

Culture, community and conversation. 5X Press is the essential South Asian youth culture magazine in Canada, covering all things arts & culture, trending topics, news, & so much more. We connect our community to one another, and to the world. 5X Press is written and published in Surrey, BC, by a team of 14 writers. Edited by Interim Editor, Harpo Mander.

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Arts & culture

Turn Up with Our Top 10 Playlist for 2019

Turn up to our top 10 playlist created by members of the 5X Fam.
Conversation

No One Wants to Be India’s Daughter, But Is It Safe to Be Anyone’s Daughter?

Community

How Sandy Gill’s new collaboration with Reitman’s pays homage to her South Asian heritage.

Sandy Gill embraces her Punjabi heritage as one of the new diversity ambassadors for Reitmans.
Conversation

What my dream job as a puppy cuddler taught me about my mental health

Pet therapy is the mood booster we all need this winter.
What's trending

5 Trends dominating your FYP on TikTok this week

Using my guilty pleasure for good and diving into my favourite trending TikTok sounds.
Community

How CEO Anjali Sud reinvented Vimeo and took the company public

Meet Anjali Sud, the Indian-American CEO of Vimeo who took the video-streaming platform public.

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Arts & culture

5 books by South Asian authors we’re reading right now

On a quest for more South Asian representation in books, we’ve compiled a list of must-reads.
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11/2/21
Community

Diwali reflections: What I’ve learned after celebrating the festival without my family

A personal account into the true meaning of Diwali from an estranged daughter celebrating alone.
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11/2/21
News

Immigrants are not just cheap labour to fix Canada’s labour shortage

Immigrants are being viewed as a form of cheap labour for the Canadian government
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10/27/21
News

Letter from the Editor: Where do our voices belong in Canadian media?

For those wanting to challenge the status quo, even South Asian media spaces aren’t always inviting.
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10/27/21
Community

Longing for home in a pandemic: An international student’s take on homesickness and alienation

"What I longed for, more than anything, was that feeling of being rooted."
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10/27/21
News

Why Jyoti Gondek & Amarjeet Sohi’s wins in Alberta, are a win for us all

Punjabi mayors Gondek and Sohi made history in Alberta last week.
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10/26/21
Arts & culture

Four relatable shows about mental health that we all need

Shows that accurately depict what it means to be living with a mental illness.
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10/20/21

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