Building Pipelines: Why It’s Not Okay
The Climate Emergency is in progress, all around the world, including Canada. If you need some understanding and context of the Climate Emergency, search my name up online on Arthur …
Fossil Fuels
Letters to the Editors: Issue 22
Thank you letter from the Canadian Blood Services. Dear Trent Students, The Canadian Blood Services would like to thank Trent University students and faculty for the great success of the …
Trent students rally to support fossil fuel divestment
Article co-written with Jack Smye. Photos by Keila MacPherson. Divestment Week, organized by OPRIG and Sustainable Trent, culminated with a rally during the Board of Governors meeting on Friday. The …
Editorial: Trent’s Board of Governors has been supportive of the fossil fuel divestment campaign
I don’t like speculating in my editorials, but this week I just can’t resist the urge. I wholeheartedly believe that Trent’s Board of Governors intends to divest from fossil fuels …
Are falling oil prices good for everyone?
Last December, on my way to class, I passed by the gas station and realized that the price of gas was just under a dollar. Many people are content, as …
OPIRG and Sustainable Trent present: Divestment Week
OPIRG and Sustainable Trent have collaborated on a number of events from January 26-30 for Divestment Week. The week is to raise awareness for both OPIRG’s divest from Israeli Apartheid …
OPIRG: Understanding Israel as an apartheid state
There are some common misconceptions when addressing what we mean by Israeli Apartheid. By definition, apartheid literally means separation. It has its roots in the separation of people based on …
50 Trent Professors Call for Fossil Fuel Divestment in Open Letter
The below letter was created by Sustainable Trent. An Open Letter to Trent President Leo Groarke and Board of Governors, Climate change is a very real and serious issue; extreme …
Students have the power to act
UK. Glasgow University has become the first European University to begin divesting from fossil fuels. The institution has £18 million invested and has voted to also freeze further investments. The …
Sustainable Trent: Environmental justice on campus
Trent University is consistently ranked as a leader for its environmental commitment in university reports by several media sources, from Maclean’s Magazine to the Globe and Mail. In addition to …