About Trent Peer Support
Trent University is offering a brand new service for students by students. At Peer Support, we provide a drop-in space for students to hang out. There is an option to …
Month: March 2018
From the Janitor’s Closet: Poli-ticking people off
Jamie Scriber is a Trent student secretly living in a Lady Eaton College janitorial closet, out of preference. They often joke with their parents about it being fate for them …
We All Use Drugs
My job gives me the privilege of working with young people who have experienced more trauma and pain than one person should in a lifetime. They are also some of …
Maintaining Agency in Health Care
[Content warning: this piece includes frank discussion of vaginal anatomy and its treatment.] When asked to write a feature for the Arthur’s women’s issue, I was instinctively drawn to doing …
#MeToo Hits Hedley
Content Warning: The following article contains content regarding sexual assault that may be harmful to some. The #MeToo movement has brought to light hundreds of cases of sexual misconduct by …
TCSA Candidate Platforms
March 5 marks the beginning of the campaign period for candidates and referenda registered in the Spring Election of the Trent Central Student Association (TCSA) Board of Directors. Those elected …
An Interview with Diane Therrien
Diane Therrien was 28 when she was elected City Councillor in the Town Ward in 2014. Since then, Canada has seen a conservative majority in parliament toppled, an open trade …
Addressing Poverty through Education of Women in Developing Countries
We are not doing a good job in fighting global poverty. This was a sentiment expressed by members of the panel at the recent WUSC Colloquium Series event, titled “Addressing …
TISA Cultural Outreach: The Story of Us
Trent International Student Association (TISA) is hosting their annual Cultural Outreach event on March 17. This year’s event is teased on their Facebook page: “… For this year’s annual Cultural …
Acclaimed Poet Kavi Adé Comes to Sadleir House March 13
Intersectionality is word that is often cited but not very often explained. It is a theory, a practice, an idea that strives to consider the various aspects of an individual, …