Author name: Erin Calhoun

The Indigenous Studies Student Union is in the process of planning for the first official Pow Wow to be held at UofT. The event is being planned for March 11th. Chairperson for the Pow Wow committee, Jennifer Sylvester is acquiring help from past chairman of the committee for the past SkyDome Pow Wows, and founder […]

This past Friday, October 28th, the VUSAC by-election Town Hall was held at the Wymilwood Lounge in the Goldring Student Centre. Of the candidates present at the Town Hall, were Jade Jones, Hamboluhle Moyo, Tania Kengatharan, and Thomas Lynch—with Sharon Tan absent. The candidates spoke on their involvement at Victoria University, with experiences ranging from

As of October 1st, Cineplex theatres will be raising ticket prices by 22 to 51 cents per ticket. In a released document, the reason given for the increase was to compete with the recent rise in minimum wage in Ontario from $11.25 to $11.40 per hour for adults and $10.55 to $10.70 for students. The

On September 16, 2016, the Canadian Communications workers of America (CWA) held “Day of Action Against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).” To protest the TPP, the CWA organized an academic forum where representatives from Doctors Without Borders, Canadian Environmental Law Association, and Osgoode Hall law professor Gus Van Harten, all discussed how the TPP threatens national

With record breaking temperatures occurring in Toronto this summer, the TTC received thousands of complaints from passengers about providing air conditioning in their cars on Line 2. Mayor John Tory tried riding the sweltering Bloor-Danforth line after being challenged on Twitter by west-end resident, Bianca Spence. Tory found the ride uncomfortable and encouraged the TTC

Content warning: article discusses sexual assault and violence

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  The 2016 Ontario budget promises free tuition for low-income families, in efforts to make post-secondary school more accessible and affordable to a higher number of students. This promise of free tuition and larger grants, known as the Ontario Student Grant, will become available to students within Ontario in the 2017-2018 school year. All students

Representation, equity and restructuring key components of candidate platforms

I reached out to Jamil Fiorino-Habib, who is running unopposed for Sustainability Commissioner, to discuss his plans to make Vic a more sustainable space. Fiorino-Habib outlined his plans for student activism and practices for the upcoming year.   What are some of the current running projects that you plan to make a reality in the