The world’s continued use and exploitation of fossil fuels has been scientifically proven to affect the climate. Climate change isn’t just warmer weather around the globe, it’s more rain, more severe weather and more frequent natural disasters like Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
Quebec’s Bill 101 prohibits francophone students from attending anglophone primary and secondary schools in Quebec, but it doesn’t currently dictate which colleges they attend after high school.
As an educator employed at a university, Professor Bruce Pardy has an unusual attitude towards student success. It’s one based on survival of the fittest, or in this case, survival of the those without disabilities.
The TTC is laying a much-needed foundation to respond to sexual assault, but must fill the holes in their approach to sexual assault prevention along the way. Recently, the TTC has announced their plan to launch an app that would help report sexual assault on public transit in Toronto.
Over the past few decades, coding has gone from an obscure skill to one of the most marketable abilities someone can have their resume. In an increasingly tech driven world, coding can and will definitely have some pull in the job market for a diverse range of industries. But this doesn’t mean that every student should be forced to learn it. In an article written in The Globe and Mail, Kelly Lovell outlines how she believes coding has become the new cursive writing and our need as a society to embrace it as such.
Often known for their athletic ability rather than their way with words, athletes are taught to let their play do the talking. When it comes to politics, they are heavily criticized for transgressing the perceived boundaries of their profession.
A proposal to use a ‘stepped care’ model for mental health services on campuses is well intentioned, but has some serious pitfalls for those in immediate distress.
Although it’s important to maintain a healthy balance of our social and academic lives, students too often fail to draw a defining line between the two.
One Canadian school board has gone against the Anglo-centric grain of Canadian English classes by introducing a new curriculum focused on Indigenous Canadian literature, drawing attention to the wider lack of First Nation representation in a Canadian education.
While the 2017 federal budget received the stamp of approval from Principal Daniel Woolf for its purported of science, innovation and post-secondary education, there are empty promises hidden beneath the trendy jargon and buzzwords.
DartsCostume party deemed racist online: A series of photographs from a ‘Beerfest’ costume party surfaced on social media, sparking national media attention and heated debates about cultural appropriation and racism at Queen’s. Following the event, at which partygoers dressed according to cultural stereotypes, the debate was polarizing and signified a larger cultural issue regarding racism at Queen’s — an inability to approach students of colour’s experiences without being defensive.
