Students gather to celebrate Indigenous culture On March 12th, UofT hosted the first Powwow event on campus in 20 years. The event featured traditional food, dances, and education on indigenous cultures. The Indigenous Studies Students’ Union began to organize the event mid-November, 2016. Chairman of the event, Jennifer Sylvester, told The Strand in November that the […]
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Panel invented to discuss and further education and awareness in prevention of sexual violence Vice-President and Provost, Cheryl Regehr, has gathered an “Expert Panel on Education and Prevention of Sexual Violence.” The new panel’s mandate is to provide Regehr with principles and foundations in which to support sexual violence prevention. The panel has also been
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Photo provided by Artimes Ghahremani The Strand reached out to Artimes Ghahremani, VP Internal candidate for the 2017 VUSAC spring election, to ask about her platform and how she plans to accommodate the sustainability portfolio in lieu of a candidate for the commission. The Strand: Why are you running for VPI? Artimes Ghahremani: I
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The Strand: A lot of students don’t know what the Board of Regents or Victoria College Council is or what they do. Can you briefly explain the role of both? Hannah Brennen: The board is the highest governing body at Vic and their main fiscal responsibility is to ensure the financial health of Vic, but
The Strand sat down with Alexa Breininger, candidate for Board of Regents in the 2017 VUSAC Spring elections, to discuss her candidacy, and her thoughts on the current state of student politics at Victoria College. The Strand: What is the Board of Regents, and what would your responsibilities be, should you be elected? Alexa
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The Strand sits down with Board of Regents candidate George Wilson
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The Strand sat down with the sole Vice-President, External candidate
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Photo provided by Gabriel Calderon The Strand sat down with Gabriel Calderon, Commuter Commissioner candidate in the 2017 VUSAC spring elections. The Strand: Why did you decide to run for the position of Commuter Commissioner? Gabriel Calderon: I want to run because I am already involved with VOCA, so I see this as a
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Photo | Hana Nikčević The VUSAC Town Hall focused primarily on issues of representation, equity, position of the VPSO and relations with the Deans Office and students. The twelve candidates for commissioner, judiciary, and Board of Regents positions attended the three hour session held in Alumni Hall of Old Vic, where a small crowd of
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Photo provided by Zahavah Kay The Strand sat down with Zahavah Kay to discuss her presidential platform, and her potential solutions to change VUSAC’s negative reputation. The Strand: Why do you feel you are qualified to run for VUSAC president? Zahavah Kay: I think that I’ve gained a lot of experience as Scarlett and
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