Although celebrities have full right to a political opinion and a political voice as citizens, the size of the platform available to them has high potential for abuse.
Op-Ed
The comptroller’s position takes its strength from the idea of balance. If the problem is part of the board, then the comptroller can expose it. If the problem is the comptroller, then the board as a whole can see through it.
How many great works of literature would never have been written because someone decreed that making faster computers was a more worthwhile endeavor?
Adding 10 extra faculty seats to the BOA would bring down our ratio to about 1,000 students per rep—not only giving students more representation, but giving students more chances to get involved.
Driverless cars are going to be the future, whether we like it or not. So we should make sure that that future benefits Canadians—and that means embracing AI behind the wheel.
Being constantly connected to your work causes an incredible amount of stress with no tangible benefits.
Paying attention to political scandals in Canada will play a central role in keeping our democracy strong.
A “tasteful” plaque is very different than the type of “corporate branding” you might see on a race car.
If a motion with legal bearing can be shared in a BOA meeting, there is no legal reason it can’t be shared outside of it, since these kinds of gatherings are open to the public.
Given the potential benefits of the technology, Canada needs to think big and embrace the potential of drones, similar to what our neighbours to the south are doing.
Dropping coal by 2030 is a good step, but Canada needs to take advantage of other policies as well to make a significant impact.
Until the SFUO is in a better position to have the time and funds to properly manage a student bar, they should take a knee.
Mandatory voting is certainly something to study for the future, but given our current lack of information and resources at the U of O, the discussion should remain theoretical for the time being.
This kind of police spying attacks whistleblowers, and it only serves to maintain an indecent shroud of secrecy that ultimately makes a mockery of our society and the people that the police are supposed to serve.
It becomes more and more important that a greater number of students be given an effective voice—that means being able to vote on policy—and not just a passive role every year.
Most students don’t understand what’s going on, so by organizing such an official sit-down session on campus they could answer important questions like: why is free tuition important?
With the current world being in such a state of economic instability, where every change seems significant compared to the relatively stagnant past 15 years, maybe it’s a time for a new era of trade agreements.
People in power must be aware and responsible for the influence and impact their rhetoric has, especially in tense times.
By failing to provide that hammer, the government continues to enable the violent conduct of Canadian mining companies in Latin America.
Obviously, a single OPP investigation pales in comparison to the troves of data held by CSIS, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t similarities, especially if the OPP expands its use of bulk gathering phone numbers.
This is a bilingual university, and as such any effort to promote its bilingualism should be encouraged, not rejected.
Fiduciary duty must be synonymous with the needs of students, and if there is ever a conflict between the two, the students should prevail.
The fear that the GA won’t meet quorum shouldn’t discourage you from bringing motions forward—they can pass either way.
The SFUO has 3,283 page likes on Facebook, and a whopping 4,015 followers on Twitter, which it uses even less than Facebook. If used effectively, these tools could really keep people involved in student politics.
A recent study published by researchers at Mount Royal University in Alberta has found no correlation between the evaluations and prof performance. That’s not surprising, considering how flawed the current SET system is.
