Photo Essay: Exploring Symons Campus
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Month: November 2014
Trent’s foodservice staff speak out over working conditions
Photos by Keila MacPherson Trent University’s food service is currently suffering from many changes and uncertainties that have been implemented since the new foodservice provider, Chartwells, took over last May. …
Precarious Peterborough: Living on the edge of poverty
The number of people living precariously in the city of Peterborough and in Canada has been growing in the past few decades. To live precariously is to live without certainty …
Hundreds gather at Wenjack to hear Dr. Vandana Shiva
Photos by Cherylanne James For a Sunday morning, Trent University was extremely busy on November 16. That’s because people were lining up to get into the Wenjack Theatre to listen …
Intimacy is a bridge to the past for individuals with Alzheimer’s
The experiences of sexuality and intimacy among persons diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) will finally be understood first hand from persons coping with the disease themselves, said Trent University post-doctoral …
Writer’s Reading: A double dose to close the year
Photo by Jenny Fisher The Trent Writer’s Reading Series wrapped up its season at Scott House at Traill College last Wednesday with two local writers, Michelle Berry and Jonathan Bennett. …
Writers’ Society to run workshop
Aspiring writers at Trent (and in the local community as a whole) may be excited to know that thanks to the Trent Writer’s Society, an opportunity may be available next …
Trent unveils new collaborative Teaching and Learning Centre
Located on the second floor of Bata Library, the Trent Centre For Teaching and Learning is a new initiative at Trent, says Educational Developer (and Part-time Psychology Department faculty member) …
Deliberating Dissent lecture gives a lesson in political action
On November 17, Dr. Barbara Falk of the Royal Military College of Canada gave a public lecture entitled, “Deliberating Dissent: From Fighting Words to Radical Action”. It was an introduction …
Sailing the soundwaves with local yacht rock band
A new music craze is sweeping the city, and the streets are being filled with cotton suits and dock shoes. But here’s the catch: the music isn’t new, in fact …