About
The Cannon
The Cannon, est. 1978, is the official arts and culture platform of the University of Toronto Engineering Society (EngSoc). We publish four themed magazine issues each year, both in print and online, which feature work from our staff writers alongside submissions from students at all stages of their engineering education at UofT. For our readers: you never quite know what you’ll get with each issue, so it’s always worth picking up the next copy!
Apart from the magazine, The Cannon now produces its own podcast, creates video content, and hosts workshops and events for the Skule
A Brief History
In 2026, The Cannon began its next chapter, expanding beyond its quarterly magazine into a broader arts and culture hub. We launched our podcast 'Echoes from The Cannon', introduced The Cannon’s Creative Competition, hosted workshops and community events, and started publishing more work outside the traditional print cycle.
If you’re interested in learning more about our history, check out our page on Skulepedia, a wiki-based archive for all things engineering-related at UofT!
Meet the Team
The Cannon is run by a small team of dedicated students at the University of Toronto. There are plenty of ways to contribute, whether you’re interested in writing, editing, graphic design, photography, podcasting, video production, social media, web development, UX/UI, or event planning. No previous experience is required, and many of our roles are an opportunity to learn as you go.
If you’d like to join our team (and meet some very talented people!), click the “Join Us” button below!
Vanessa Poiana
Editor-in-Chief
"Who are you in the other hours? When your hair's undone and your guard's let down? When you're all alone in your all night gown? Are you the life of the party then? Sitting by yourself, again,"
- Harry Connick, Jr., (The Other Hours)
Charlie Therence
Managing Editor
"What was “Cinderella,” if not an allegory for the fundamental unhappiness of shoe shopping?"
- Elif Batuman, (The Idiot)
Linden Zheng
Creative Director
"Did I understand it? Not by half, but when it thunders you know your chest is shaking."
- Leif Enger, (I Cheerfully Refuse)
Annika Lam
Senior Editor
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
- Ferris, (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
Juneeta Vangala
Senior Editor
"Seeking a great perhaps."
- John Green, (Looking for Alaska)
Leila Agil
Senior Editor
"You cannot take things that exist in the world and try to drive them back into the dream, to hold them inside the dream with walls and pretenses. That is insanity. What is, is."
- Ursula K. Le Guin, (The Word for World is Forest)
Justine Gaw
Junior Editor
"A page, turning, is a wing lifted with no twin, and therefore no flight. And yet we are moved."
- Ocean Vuong, (On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous)
Omar Khan
Junior Editor
"I won't lose too much, just myself. There are always some things that are more important than others."
- Klein Moretti, (Lord of the Mysteries)
Ishita Jain
Junior Editor
"But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st; Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."
- William Shakespeare, (Sonnet 18)
Kelly Hong
Junior Editor
"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."
- Maya Angelou
Meilly Chen
Staff Writer
"Is this some kind of twisted joke?!"
- Dimitri, (Fire Emblem: Three Houses)
Eva Deochakke
Staff Writer
"To live for the hope of it all,"
- Taylor Swift, (August)
Twisha Choudhary
Staff Writer
"I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."
- Markus Zusak, (The Book Thief)
Priyanka Madu
Staff Writer
"As a child, I considered such unknowns sinister. Now, though, I understand they bear no ill will. The universe is, and we are."
- Solanum, (The Outer Wilds)
Joy Zhou
Staff Writer
"Two plus two make four."
- George Orwell, (1984)
Aidy Zhang
Graphic Designer
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
- J.R.R. Tolkien, (The Fellowship of the Ring)
Coralyn Zhong
Graphic Designer
"One must imagine Sisyphus happy."
- Albert Camus, (The Myth of Sisyphus)
Regina Jin
Graphic Designer
"Chess is not always about winning. Sometimes it's simply about learning. And so is life."
- Manny Pacquiao
Andy Derevyanko
Social Media Manager
"A picture is worth a thousand words."
- Frederick R. Barnard
Want to be a part of the team?