Month: December 2015
Equity Commissioners: Indigenous Students Commissioner
This week, as part of the Equity Commissioners series, Arthur spoke with Brendan Campbell, the Indigenous Students Commissioner at the TCSA. Campbell argues that Equity Commissioner positions are somewhat unique …
The Big Picture: an inspiring event featuring Trent Alumni
The Trent University Alumni Association organized an inspiring event that took place in Toronto on Tuesday, November 24, 2015. “The Big Picture (and other leadership concepts for the advancement of …
Writers Reading: Sachiko Murakami
On Tuesday, November 24, poet Sachiko Murakami came to a fully packed Writer’s Reading at Traill College. A finalist for the Governor General’s Literary award and the Gerald Lampert Memorial …
Dr. Kimberly Hutchings visits Trent University
On November 24, Bagnani Hall was packed with students, faculty, and community members for Dr. Kimberly Hutchings’s talk. Dr. Hutchings, from the School of Politics and International Development at Queen …
The Student Centre Project: how does the levy work?
How does the Student Centre levy work? In the 2013 TCSA election, the creation of a new levy was proposed with the following question: The annual student levy amount of …
Long- form census reinstatement
It only took the Liberals two days in office to announce the reinstatement of the long-form census. Navdeep Bain, new Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development came out on …
The Paris attack: how do we respond?
There seems to have been great difficulty in writing articles after and about the massacres in France. ‘Trying to write about this is difficult’, so the standard introduction goes. On …
What is Whoreaphobia?
Whoraphobia – noun. It is the hatred and demeaning attitude towards sexually active people and sex workers especially. This includes jokes at the expense of sex workers and the belief …
How not to be “that guy”: consent and dialogue
By now, you’ve probably had some pretty serious blinders on to be unaware of the issue of sexual violence on campus. Talk of “rape culture” and other buzzwords saturate the …