The woes of Ontario’s education fees
Opt-out policy targets student activism and distracts from significant barriers to educational access
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Seeing through the bureaucracy
Barriers to social change at UofT
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VUSAC Spring Elections 2018: Cameron Davies, Academic and Professional Development Commissioner candidate
The Strand: Could you tell us about the responsibilities of the Academic and Professional Development Commissioner? The APD is a commission that’s split between advocacy, for instance, for people who may not learn best using traditional UofT methods, and programming. Our most notable event is probably the networking dinner. A lot of what we do is also in terms of collaborations
When social media is complicit
Facebook’s reckless censorship reinforces systemic biases
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Negotiated Spaces
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Too close for comfort
The ramifications of holding a “Free Speech” event on the Vic campus
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Toronto Nationalist Rally shows that intolerance is not un-Canadian
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Gender-neutral Traditionals: a recent step towards a more inclusive Vic
River Pereira provides insight on updating traditions and the importance of visibility
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TEDxUofT encourages mindful discussion and promotes themes of acceptance
The importance of community, social activism, and knowing one’s worth
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Bending the truth
Fake news and alternative facts in the Trump era It is widely accepted that we live in a post-truth era, in which “objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief,” according to The Oxford English Dictionary. Unfortunately, this is one of the few things that we can agree on. Though politicians have a poor reputation for truthfulness, Trump’s total disregard