Reading Time: 2 minutesWe should demand more from our democracy.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s a lot to do, but setting up clear rules and structures within the SFUO will go a long way towards improving the organization in general, as well as its work environment.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHaving the campus media at the centre of elections for our student unions, by asking tough questions and ensuring that candidates are prepared for any issue that may arise if elected, is critical to the proper functioning of an open and transparent student democracy.
Reading Time: 4 minutes10/10 would not recommend.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt turns out that there is still more that Canadians, especially politicians in general, at different levels of government, can do to promote this important time of year.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe owe the U of O administration a pat on the back for listening to students’ concerns about modernizing our campus.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOntario has already begun requiring more nutritional information on food be available to consumers and there’s no good reason to not do so with alcohol.
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhether you love it or hate it, you learn to accept the solitude that comes with growing up.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s a lot to keep track of. Luckily, you can pick the issues you want to see the most change in, and get all the information you need relatively easily.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor those of you who skipped the arts section this week, floatation therapy is essentially the act of floating in a tank of 1,200 pounds of epsom salt and 1,000 litres of water that is heated to your exact body temperature.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is definitely a start, but until we see concrete change we must march on.
Reading Time: 2 minutesConversations around consent need to be ongoing, especially during a sexual experience, and allow everyone involved to revoke consent for any activities they feel uncomfortable with.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSo I’m going to love for me. Laugh for me. Live for me. And learn to experience life for me.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf there’s one thing technology can’t do, is replace the fundamental need for passion and curiosity in this field.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Canadian government was grossly mistaken when they extradited Hassan Diab. If Canada is unable or unwilling to protect its own citizens on its own soil then the problem is much larger than just extradition reform.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is more important to the Canadian people; the economy or their values? For Trudeau, it’s most definitely the economy.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThere is no benefit to someone to lie about being sexually assaulted. These are women who have just as much, if not more, on the line as the men that they are accusing. This is not an attention seeking campaign.
Reading Time: 3 minutesNot only did I give up on my quest for true love, but this one seemingly insignificant interaction coloured my perspective of the whole city.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’ve accepted that it’s okay for some products to be taxed more because of their negative health impacts, so there isn’t a good reason to be more attached to meat than those other products.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJust as a reunification policy shouldn’t favour the wealthiest, it shouldn’t create a system of further uncertainty where applications hang in limbo. Surely, we can do better. This isn’t Lotto 649, these are people’s lives.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile the cooks and server staff get to talk and laugh and socialize together, the dishwasher is almost always isolated, sent away to the back corner of the kitchen to do the monotonous job alone.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt seems a bit audacious to assign resolutions to other people, but the fact is that the university administration and SFUO have real power to solve problems that have been plaguing students for years. What better time than the fresh slate of a new year to get the ball rolling?
Reading Time: 4 minutesAnyone who keeps up with the media in Ottawa woke up to a most unwelcome surprise on last Monday, Nov. 27. Nearly 40 community publications across Canada were closed and nearly 300 jobs lost in the blink of an eye. In Ottawa alone, that meant the closing of eight community newspapers. The move came with …
Reading Time: 2 minutesPicking and choosing which freedom of speech violations to report on is a disservice to the Canadian public, and ultimately will lead us to lose sight of what this incredible freedom we enjoy is truly about. And I’ll give you a hint—it isn’t politics.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMaking it more affordable for people to adopt animals would increase adoption rates, and benefit society overall. Even if you don’t adopt, imagine how much better your day would be if you were able to see a few more dogs on your walk to class.
