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Erin Hirst

STAND News Contributor

Field of Study: Humanities and Science 

College: Trinity College Dublin

"I am very interested in the dynamics of inequality especially relating to food security. I have volunteered in food banks both in Ireland and Canada to both serve the local communities and gain an insight into the modern reality of the hardships that people currently face."

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Festival Stories

In conversation with the people who made you look: STAND Student Festival 2025
By Erin Hirst
October 8, 2025
Collage with yellow background, one photo of Latisha smiling, another of her holding up a frame saying '16 Days of Activism'

Festival Stories

Festival Spotlight: Latisha McCrudden
By Erin Hirst
April 23, 2025
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Festival Stories

Festival Spotlight: Karin Mason
By Erin Hirst
March 24, 2025
woman at a protest for direct provision yelling with sunglasses on and holding a sign that says "TREAT US LIKE HUMAN"

Migration & Conflict

The Silver Anniversary of Direct Provision: Celebrating 25 Years of Carceral Humanitarianism
By Erin Hirst
February 24, 2025
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Festival Stories

Festival Spotlight: Ebere Edeh
By Erin Hirst
February 13, 2025
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Migration & Conflict

Sunak’s Legacy: Outsourcing Migration
By Erin Hirst
June 28, 2024
an old man walking past a ruined building in Nagorno-Karabakh

Migration & Conflict

Nagorno-Karabakh: An unfavourable conclusion to a decades long war
By Erin Hirst
May 17, 2024

A crisis response from Canada: Students and the housing crisis

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Culture

Finding dignity in food poverty
By Erin Hirst
February 5, 2024
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