While starting university is an exciting and effervescent experience, it is undeniably overwhelming. You have more than enough voices telling you that it’s going to be the best time of your life, coupled with an onslaught of daily notifications from a confusing amount of university-affiliated websites. There’s this rush of freedom, but also a complete […]
Welcome to the University You Read More »
It’s time to wake up to the culture of silence surrounding abuse that enabled him
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Let’s say that it’s been a tough few weeks. Especially in Toronto, where issues surrounding marginalized voices silenced by the system have been very close to the surface. After an investigation spanning several months, it was announced on March 18 that the anonymous police officer responsible for the death of 45-year-old Andrew Loku would not
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This year’s VUSAC election cycle was dominated by the idea that students aren’t properly represented by our student union. This kind of rhetoric is bad for everyone.
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How our language regarding sexual assault reinforces rape culture and perpetuates the battery of victims.
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One of the most pertinent issues plaguing the discussion of mental health in our society is its lack of normalization. As Bell’s annual “Let’s Talk Day”, which occurred on January 27 this year, implies, talking about mental health and the stigma surrounding it is key to increasing awareness and decreasing stigmatization. While there were certainly
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The assumption that your friends aren’t going to buy your music, because they’ve already streamed it online for free, says something about the value we place on the creative work of our peers in the current age.
Student journalism builds and maintains community — something that the major national newspapers are increasingly less able to do
While the Canadian newspaper suffers, student journalism is more relevant than ever Read More »
When many people first heard of the terror attacks in Paris on November 13, their first reaction was to check the Internet. Whether finding out in person or over text message, it took most people only a few seconds to switch over to Google to check what major news outlets were saying about the events
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Last Friday, the news of the massacre in Paris came to my attention while I was at a bar with my co-workers after a late closing shift. The information that one site of violence was a concert for the group Eagles of Death Metal was brought up in conjunction with mention of a mutual friend.
“That could have been me” : in response to global tragedy Read More »
