NEWS

Highlights from VUSAC’s first meeting of the semester

The Victoria University Students’ Administrative Council (VUSAC) held a jam-packed meeting on Friday, January 17 to kick off the winter semester. As it was their first meeting of the semester, the agenda comprised of a wide range of action items, discussion items, and reports. Here are a few highlights:  Women of the ...

What’s going on around UofT next month?

 Don’t miss out on these great events around campus in February! We’re almost officially one-twelfth of the way through 2020: the snow’s (still) falling, the new decade memes are finally starting to fade away, and midterm season is right around the corner. Luckily, there’s no shortage of fun happenings on and around the St. George campus! So buckle up ...

The breakdown: microtransactions at UofT

A paywall for grades or a digitized learning service?  It’s an all-too-familiar scene for some: enrolling in a half-year course and looking at the syllabus only to realize the course requires a mandatory subscription to a third-party learning service, constituting 25 percent of the grade. These mandatory third-party services, also known as “microtransactions,” are a common ...

Traffic-related incidents increase in Toronto, despite new city mandates

City policies criticized for inability to affect change

Provincial government to appeal court ruling against Student Choice Initiative 

Appeal comes after SCI struck down in Divisional Court

The Government of Ontario bans the advertising of vaping products

Ban comes after extensive research shows negative health effects of vaping

Why you should attend the Global Climate Strike on November 29th

The next Global Climate Strike will be held on Friday, November 29th, at 11:30 am in Queen’s Park. This strike, like the previous one on September 27th, is organized by Fridays for Future, an international climate action organization spearheaded by Greta Thunberg. This time around, Fridays for Future has the ...

Will Northrop Frye Hall soon be a relic of Victoria College’s past?

Students may soon be saying goodbye to 52-year-old building

Campus Police under fire for handcuffing student in distress

UofT community calls for changes in mental health policy

Trump’s impeachment hearings, explained

How does a president get impeached, and why is it happening to Trump?