After Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s inaction on the persecution and displacement of the Rohingya people, many of her awards and honours have been revoked across the world. Despite her history advocating for democracy and human rights, there needs to be a line drawn between someone’s past achievements and present behavior when it comes to keeping an honorary degree. Currently, Suu Kyi still holds an honorary Doctorate of Law at Queen’s.
Despite being over two years away from the 2019 election, the debate surrounding candidates and their appeal to young Canadians already seems to revolve around who is the trendier choice.
While including Indigenous peoples in the text of the Canadian citizenship oath is a positive step towards cultural acknowledgement, it’s not the most important one for Indigenous communities.
People living with HIV face social stigma that makes sharing their condition with others throughout their day to day lives a difficult and contentious subject.
Teaching young Canadians how to discern what’s real news and what’s fake has become critical in a world dominated by social media. But these lessons should extend to Canadians of all ages in order to create a real impact on media literacy within our country.