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Victoria College reverses course: non-Black and non-Indigenous students of colour will remain eligible for VUSAC Leadership Award for BIPOC Students

Victoria College administration are reversing the changes made earlier this month to the Victoria University Students’ Administrative Council (VUSAC) BIPOC Leadership Award. In an exclusive statement to The Strand, Victoria College spokesperson Sally Szuster wrote, “We are pleased to share that we will move forward with the award as The ...
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The Freedom Convoy at the University of Toronto

How the University community has responded to the Freedom Convoy protests
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Unravelled: Demystifying student fees

The Strand investigates student fees at Vic so you don’t have to
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

What you need to know, as explained by Ukrainian voices on campus
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As governments relax pandemic restrictions, UofT’s policies hold strong

The UCheck system, indoor masking, and vaccination requirements will continue for the foreseeable future
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2000 years before Lady Gaga, Jesus believed that we were “born this way”

A conversation with Cheri DiNovo about learning to love yourself as a queer Christian
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Bill C-4: The federal government’s ban on conversion therapy

What Bill C-4 means for the fight against conversion therapy and LGBTQ2SIA+ rights in Canada
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Unravelled: Love is green

Student activists launch Divest Vic! campaign
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Local sex workers help combat COVID-19

Zanzibar’s role in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines
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Spiritual money for the dead offered to graduate students by University of Toronto residence on Chinese New Year

University apologizes, oversight seen as deeply disrespectful and negligent by community