NEWS & POLITICS

What you need to know from Queens Park this month

UofT declared a “designated learning institution”

Over 3,500 tune in to National Dialogues and Action for Inclusive Higher Education hosted by UTSC

The Throne Speech took place on Wednesday, September 23 and was delivered at a crucial time in Canada as several provinces, including Ontario, move into a second wave of the pandemic. The Trudeau government laid out its strategy for public health and economic recovery over the upcoming months, extending as ...

The results are in. Victoria College students have officially elected their International Councillor, Equity Commissioner, and eight Councillors. The Victoria University Student’s Administrative Council (VUSAC) held their fall elections entirely online this year. “The online format of the election [was] quite successful,” wrote VUSAC Chief Returning Officer Vibhuti Kacholia in ...

The Strand interviews undergraduates conducting research during COVID-19

Over two decades ago, in 1999, The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in R. v. Marshall that the Mi’kmaq have a right to fish in order to provide themselves with “moderate livelihood.” Twenty-one years later, on September 17, 2020—theanniversary of the ruling—the Sipekne’katik First Nation held a blessing ceremony for ...

I booked my flight home to Florida in March of 2020, midway through my first winter term at the University of Toronto. That was the beginning of a summer ridden with reckless government policies in response to COVID-19. Amidst a pandemic, individual actions, such as wearing a mask, affect us ...

UofT students comment on challenges associated with dual-delivery courses

The history, origins, and follow-up events of the Scholar Strike in the UofT community