Ex-page DePape calls for democracy beyond the ballot box
“We live in exciting times and we need to seize the moment.” – Brigette Depape On June 3 of this year, parliamentary page Brigitte DePape stood up on the senate …
Volume 46
“You should or ought to have known”: Arthur Interviews John Moore
In 1979, John Moore was convicted of second degree murder for a crime he says he did not commit, and he has been fighting to clear his name ever since. …
[Resist!] Trans Day of Remembrance
Co-written with Karolyn Givogue. On November 28, 1998, Rita Hester, an out transgender African-American woman, was found dead in her apartment, having sustained multiple stab wounds. Her life and death …
No in-year cuts expected despite lack of enrolment growth
Following seven consecutive years of in-year budget cuts, including $6.2 million last year, Trent is projecting a small budget surplus for this academic year. Last April, Trent budgeted half a …
Trent Excalibur hosts rugby tournament again
Over this past weekend, Trent University played host to a much-anticipated Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Women’s Rugby Championships on the Justin Chiu Stadium field. This was Trent’s second consecutive year …
Trend Toward Open Access Research Continues at Princeton
The open access movement got a big boost last month as academic heavyweight Princeton University decided to keep the copyright for its researchers’ work in the public domain. Subscriptions to …
Funding, not just Lower Enrolment, Closing Schools Across Ontario, Critics Say
Along with a declining birth rate, critics say an out-of-date funding model is closing the doors at hundreds of schools across Ontario, like PCVS. When the Ontario advocacy group People …
Trent Faces Potential $250,000 Increase in Library Licensing Costs
With files from Jonathan Alphonsus Photocopying books, newspapers, and journals and accessing e-books and e-journals is set to get either a lot more expensive or a lot more confusing. Trent …
Brett Throop Interviews Peterborough Green-Up’s Brianna Salmon
Buoyed by federal cash, two pilot projects are under way in Peterborough to promote active and efficient transportation—walking, cycling and riding transit—as alternatives to pollution-causing automobile use. The federal government’s …