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Anna Haines

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As seen in: MSN, Yahoo Life, Business Insider, Forbes, Wiley, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News, Yahoo News Malaysia, Aol, BuzzFeed and
Covers:  Food, Culture, Travel, Wellness, Beauty, Entertainment, International Development, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health
Writer and photographer. For @Forbes @AFARmedia @LonelyPlanet @Archdigest @GlobeAndMail etc. Subscribe to my newsletter: Best, annahaines.substack.com

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As a freelance journalist and photographer, Anna has covered a wide variety of lifestyle topics for numerous publications, including Forbes, Vogue, Well+Good, SELF, Refinery29, NYLON, FLARE, SUITCASE, TRAVEL+LEISURE, Lonely Planet Magazine, Insider and AFAR.

She previously worked as a travel writer for Buzzfeed’s Bring Me! vertical and is a graduate of the International Center of Photography’s Visual Journalism program, and McGill University, where she studied International Development.

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Anna Haines’s Journalist Portfolio

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I'm Asian-Canadian. Should I Give Up On Online Dating?

I'm Asian-Canadian. Should I Give Up On Online Dating?

"Where are you from?" an Asian-Canadian man asks me on the dating app Hinge. "I'm from here! You as well?" I …

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13 Last-Minute Galentine's Day Getaway Ideas

13 Last-Minute Galentine's Day Getaway Ideas

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Hey, Movie Lovers: Here's Your Ultimate Travel Bucket List

Hey, Movie Lovers: Here's Your Ultimate Travel Bucket List

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Here Are 19 Rom-Com Hotels You Can Actually Stay In

Here Are 19 Rom-Com Hotels You Can Actually Stay In

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This Smart Bulb Fixed My Gloomy Apartment

This Smart Bulb Fixed My Gloomy Apartment

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In Istanbul, Cats Are Sacred - Here Are Photos of the City's Cutest Strays

In Istanbul, Cats Are Sacred - Here Are Photos of the City's Cutest Strays

As my plane began its descent into Istanbul, the Bosporus coming into view, I started fantasizing about all t…

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Articles

Fathers On Film, Why Now?

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This year’s movie awards season got me through the brutal winter. Over the holidays, I’d slog through sleet and snow to my local theatre, one of the oldest in the city, and escape into whatever was playing that night. After seeing a handful of the award buzz films, I noticed a theme—fathers. Perhaps it was my own bias, I happened to be thinking more about fatherhood lately, as I was meeting some of my dad’s side for the first time.
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Do We Want Our Phones To Feel Like Liquid Glass?

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By Anna Haines 
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A couple nights ago I updated my iPhone to IOS 26.1. Immediately I noticed the new “liquid glass” design. For the next day or so, using the updated phone felt like writing with my wrong hand, as it always does when there is a significant update. On TikTok, my feed abounds with video rants about the liquid glass appearance—it looks too bubble, holographic, radioactive—not to mention glitchy programming—typos, lost voice notes, and having to tap buttons multiple times for them to work.
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Notice The Absence

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By Anna Haines 
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Sometimes we don’t realize a feeling is gone until it returns. This week, the second toe injury in a month ramped up my health anxiety. We’re living in anxious times and so everyone has anxiety these days, but I forget how visceral an anxiety disorder feels when it’s not active. I’m not talking about situational surges in cortisol that have a clear cause and dissipate quickly. I’m talking about the persistent sense of danger in the absence of any real threat.
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Awards

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Art Gallery of Ontario Award

2017 - Photography - First Place

Awarded for her photo 'Listening to Drake in a South African Xhosa Village' taken in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.

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GTCCC/Vistek Student Photographer of the Year

2016 - Photography - Honorable Mention

Awarded for her photo titled 'Prayers in the Holy Ganges' taken in Varanasi, India.

Continuing Education Students' Association of Ryerson Award (CESAR)

2016 - Photography - First Place

Awarded for her photo titled 'Women Chatting in India' taken in Aurangabad, India.

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