Reading Time: 7 minutesBill 21 is not the great equalizer it claims to be. How could it be, when all people are not being affected equally by it? Worse, when it infringes on citizens’ guaranteed Canadian fundamental freedoms?
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Reading Time: 3 minutesAnother virus spreading in our neighbourhoods: ignorance and unchecked privilege.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe same people who said my name sounded like a taco and made Islamophobic comments back in middle school are now posting infographics—how ironic.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe existing barriers to healthcare for transgender and gender diverse individuals, including stigma and ongoing discrimination, continue to have an important impact on access to the services required
Reading Time: 3 minutesPresident announces new limits on the authority of security when requesting proof of identity, an updated complaint system and unconscious bias training among officers.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUniversity announces review of Policy 33, cultural sensitivity training for campus security, formal complaint mechanism and president’s committee for discrimination-free campus
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn a time where personal genetic technology is advancing, and companies like 23andMe are offering such services to the public, it’s imperative that Canadians have legislation to protect them against the misuse of this technology.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThreats against Abu-Naqoos prompts disqualifications, delays candidate ratification.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAmir Attaran, who is a former Canada Research Chair holder, was denied a renewal in the position, and he alleges that this was due to discriminatory practices.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith obesity rates continuing to rise in Britain, more people than ever will be affected by these new restrictions.
Reading Time: 3 minutesLast month the chairperson of the CRC Program published an open letter on behalf of the program’s steering committee, which urged university presidents in the program to make a “concerted effort to address the under representation of the four designated groups (women, Aboriginal Peoples, persons with disabilities and visible minorities) in nominations for Canada Research Chair positions.”
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Sandra Bland, a black woman in custody in a Texas jail, sent shockwaves throughout the United States. The incident is only the latest in a series of deaths of black Americans at the hands of law enforcement officials that has fuelled the Black Lives Matter movement. On July …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThree campus organizations come together for Black History Month to spread the message and open the dialogue on black discrimination.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA Racialized Student Centre could become the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa’s (SFUO) 13th service—and the second new one this year—pending the result of a referendum during the SFUO general election.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe group had nailed its manifesto to the UCU Auditorium doors, but because it had been written on a right-handed desk it just ended up looking like a six-year-old’s doodle.
