Innocent until proven guilty

The Senate scandal continues to be in Canadian news throughout the country. As of the publication of this piece, there has still not been...

Haven away from home

Well folks, it’s mid-November and this is my second-to-last column, so I thought I’d make it an especially personal instalment. Here’s the story of...

Let children swear

NEW WESTMINSTER (CUP) — Profanity is a rite of passage. No matter how innocently we begin, at one point or another we all end...

Let’s not forget

With Remembrance Day coming up, several university students in Ottawa, along with the Rideau Institute, plan on handing out white poppies as an alternative...

Experiential learning should be mandatory

Of the many problems that face the latest batches of 20-something undergraduate degree holders, like living with the existence of Grown Ups 2, or...

DTES residents are people above addicts, mentally ill

Natasha Wahid’s column’s last instalment “When a Fire starts to burn” shows the exact disdain towards the Downtown Eastside that is responsible for it...

Test-tube meat: unnatural, but not wrong

The science-fiction-esque fantasy of test-tube meat, aka in-vitro meat, produced in a lab from the stem cells of an animal, is soon-to-be a reality...

Trans* theory is for everyone

Readers who saw my last column will recall its focus on treating trans* people respectfully. One important concept I did not explain, however, is...

DTES residents are people before they’re ‘mentally-ill’

Natasha Wahid’s column’s last instalment “When a Fire starts to burn” shows the exact disdain towards the Downtown Eastside that is responsible for it...

Gender-separated transit vehicles are not the answer

Apes illustration Lately there has been talk regarding the possibility of women-only SkyTrain cars, in order to help with the constant sexual harassment and...