By Ljudmila Petrovic and Eleanor Qu
Applying for jobs in cyberspace is futile
By Tara Nykyforiak
Photos by Mark Burnham
Digitized processes deal students and new graduates a losing hand
If you’ve ever possessed a job within the contemporary work in dustry, you can relate to the frus trations involved with the online application process. It is these stressing and impersonal virtual forms that make me pine for a return to a more open and human time of job application.
As a teenager in high school (2005–2009), I can remember a great desire to obtain a part time job and the financial ind pendence it would award me. At that time, Craigslist job postings were becoming a normal mode for young people to respond to open job positions, but the tra ditional printed resume was still very much a part of obtaining a job as a young person. My Career and Personal Planning class even taught students how to craft and physically hand someone the ideal resume.
Throughout high school and the couple years following, I had come to really respect the process of personally establishing a rapport with the manager or supervisor everywhere I applied. I could project a positive image of myself to potential employers via a hand shake and a professional exchange of how I was motivated to work for them in the future despite having little to no work experience.
Applying in-person allows the prospective employee to feel more secure about themselves, and imbues applicants with a positive wellbeing. Be cause of the face-to-face con nection with the employer, any future followup calls can be done with the assurance that their resume did indeed reach the hands of a manager, and that he or she would be able to connect the name on the re sume with their face.
It has become the norm now for young people to apply for jobs online. This is typically done using the company’s online application database, whereby applicants fill in all required fields and have the op tion of uploading a file copy of their resume.
My own experiences with these applications are ones of anxiety, confusion, and bitter ness. For starters, there is the worry that something could go wrong, and that your applica tion does not successfully get uploaded to their database. After all, the webpage could freeze and all your application infor mation could be lost in a mat ter seconds. Another concern is the lack of knowing; did the existence of my job application even pass by the eyes of a hiring manager? Multiple times I have submitted my resume online and later spoke with the store’s man ager inperson only to have them tell me: “I’m sorry, but I have not yet reviewed your application.”
Granted, this could happen with printed resumes as well. There is no guarantee a man ager will read the resume you hand them. However, I can not accept that those hiring at minimum wage retail or fast food jobs can hide behind on line application databases. The point of these jobs is that one need have no previous experi ence. Applicants have little to no opportunity to exchange handshakes and establish real life impressions, which, besides nepotism, is the only possible prerequisite one can have.
Job hunting, especially as an adolescent or twenty something,is both daunting and discouraging. Having a job market that looks only at the experience demonstrated through online applications is unfair, because the mantra being preached is “you can’t land a job without experience.” When reaching out to employers through a medium un conducive to projecting dedica tion and drive, the job market adopts the further disparaging reality of “you can’t get experience without a job,” which is made that much more difficult via online applications.
COLUMN: Smut Shaming
Over the last few decades, pornography has essentially gone from almost nothing to an enormous industry. Pornography is now available to any human being with access to the internet. It also enjoys a near 100 per cent saturation rate among young men, and only slightly lower rate of saturation among older men.
Most men find pornography irresistible, and impossible to ignore. The level of stimulation that pornography provides men is beyond most other sources of stimulation, except for perhaps real sex, ironically. Most young men I meet seem to think that it would be stupid not to look at porn. “It doesn’t hurt anybody,” they say. Or more disturbingly, many men say that it’s impossible to stop looking at porn, and who cares anyway?
So let me ask you: is porn really so harmless? Should we just “normalize” porn and let it become a regular part of life? Recently, a TEDtalk on the effects of pornography surfaced. It was conducted by a scientist named Gary Wilson. He essentially argued that addiction to pornography is no different than many other addictions. He also argued that long-term use of pornography can have negative consequences on male psychology, and male libido.
Now, there’s substantial criticism of this argument. Notably, an article was published in The Peak two weeks ago essentially arguing that Wilson was wrong, and that porn should be brought into the mainstream.
Wilson may not be completely right, but too much of what he says is all too true. His argument ties into a much-cited argument of Naomi Wolf, published in NY Magazine in 2003.
Wolf argued that the real problem with porn is the damage it does to the relationship between men and women. When men regularly view internet porn, they begin to view women differently. More accurately, ordinary women aren’t good enough anymore. Ordinary women don’t look like porn-stars, nor do they do the things that porn-stars do. Ordinary women can’t compete with the thrill and novelty of online pornography. Further, Wolf argued that pornography is increasing the distance between men and women.
Now add the fact that using pornography promotes the destructive, big-corporate porn industry. Supporting the porn industry is a morally questionable act, no matter what your point of view on ethics. On top of all that, according to a study cited by CNN, there is proof to show that 56 per cent of divorces in America involve one partner that compulsively uses pornography.
If we assume that sex is simply a human need — much like food — then pornography should absolutely be normalized. But if we see it as something more, as something that is special and beautiful between two loving people, then pornography must be a destructive force.
It is very difficult to say that pornography will lead to better relationships between men and women, in general. Some men may think otherwise, but I would imagine that the vast majority of women would agree.
So here’s my challenge to men. Stop looking at porn. Life is more than just satisfying your primal needs. Go out, meet real women, and take the time to build real relationships with them, by loving, cherishing and caring for them. They’re worth it.
And don’t kid yourself. Porn isn’t harmless.
SFSS candidates battled it out in three debates
By Alison Roach and Amara Janssens
Photos by Mark Burnham
ERO debate gets catty, candidate no-shows, and a temporary disqualification
Rounding out the SFSS election campaigning period, a series of all-candidate debates took place last week, at both the Burnaby and Surrey campuses. Three rounds of debate were held, two taking place in the Maggie Benston Centre food court in Burnaby and the third in the Mezzanine at SFU Surrey.
Candidates were brought to the table in groups of which position they were running for and were allowed 30 seconds each to deliver an opening statement. This was then followed with questions by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), questions from the audience, and to each other.
The debates also featured current SFSS president Lorenz Yeung speaking as an advocate for voting “yes” to the U-Pass referendum. Yeung explained the proposed tiered payment structure — $35 from May 2013, $36.75 from May 2014, and $38 from May 2015 — and that failure to pass the referendum will mean the discontinuation of the U-Pass. “You do need to go vote yes if you want to keep the U-Pass program,” Lorenz said. “Prices going up sucks, but we have to live with it, and it’s still a significant cost savings compared to a regular adult monthly pass.”
The external relations officer (ERO) debate was the most eventful. At the Thursday debate at Burnaby things got heated between candidates Kayode Fatoba, Stephanie Boulding, and Chardaye Bueckert. Bueckert questioned Fatoba’s proposal to bring musician Shad to SFU, citing Fatoba’s role in the infamous K’naan concert failure of 2010.
Chardaye charged, “ Why should students take a gamble on you, particularly when you’re planning to organize another concert, when you already lost the society thousands of dollars?” Fatoba countered that the event was more than simply the K’naan concert, but was cut off mid-reply due to time constraints.
The ERO debate remained intense on Friday at Surrey. The platform of Stephanie Boulding dominated much of the debate with her focus on revamping the gondola project, with questions regarding funding and how to improve current transportation conditions.
Boulding said she would work with Translink to address the issues of overcrowded busses, such as the 145, which frequently leaves students behind. Additionally, she said the gondola could help students at all three SFU campuses, as buses could be taken off the Burnaby Mountain run and used for Harbour Centre, or City Central.
At one point, ERO candidate Brian Misera’s platform was called into question by Boulding. Misera described his intent to introduce more food on campus as an incentive for students to stay on campus after class. Boulding told Misera that the ERO is an external position and asked him to clarify how food incentives were external.
“I understood the ERO was to improve campus life for students? No?” asked Misera, looking for affirmation from the crowd. Instead he was met by a room of silence. During the candidate’s closing statement, Misera said, “Apparently I don’t know the definition of ERO . . . this is going excellent.”
He later defended his position, saying that he represents the majority of students at SFU who do not follow campus politics, “Most people on campus don’t know about the election process,” he said. “The point is I’m trying to get people more involved, that’s it.”
His claim seemed to be borne out by the debate attendance. At the Surrey debate, less than 20 people were in the audience, with more than half of those being candidates themselves. At both of the Burnaby debates, the large number of people in the food court were not engaged in the debate, but were instead engaged with eating their lunch.
Attendance by candidates themselves was also an issue, with many candidates not participating in the debates and instead electing to send in write-ups for the IEC to read off in their absence. Several debate groups had only one candidate physically present, while a few had zero.
Humza Khan was the only presidential candidate to attend the Surrey debate, and spared no time pointing this out. “You should vote for me because I’m the only candidate with executive experience, and I’m the only candidate that likes to show up for debates,” Khan stated.
Current SFSS FCAT representative and presidential candidate Sarah Veness attended the two Burnaby debates and candidate Nickolas Haley attended the first of the Burnaby debates only. When the question of who the current SFSS president is was directed at Haley, he pleaded ignorance.
Mid-reply cut-offs was a common occurrence at the debates, with each response only given 30 seconds by the IEC. After the first round of debates, The Peak spoke with Yeung, who mentioned concerns over the current debate model. “It needs some change, I think, especially for some of the executive positions, the president in particular,” Yeung said.
“I would ideally like to see a more mediated discussion as opposed to a structured 30-second statement, to actually suit the word debate, essentially.” Yeung did recognize that this format may not be possible with time restraints, but said he would like to see that for the president position at least. Voting takes place online this week from Mar. 12–14.
Fatoba disqualified, later re-instated
External relations officer candidate Kayode Fatoba found himself in hot water with the IEC last week after it was found that he had put up a campaign poster over eight feet tall, a violation of the SFSS candidate
handbook. The IEC made the decision to prohibit Fatoba from posting campaign materials because of this, either in print or online.
Fatoba then responded by emailing a message out to all other SFSS candidates regarding the IEC and their decision, which got him disqualified from the election.
“The IEC felt that he defamed [them] by sending out emails to other candidates, talking to other candidates about the IEC not being partisan, or not being just or fair,” said Chief electoral officer Avery Kwong. “Basically what we told him was that we’re going to disqualify you for that reason; not the poster but for sending that out.”
A hearing was then held on Thursday morning prior to the second debate, where Fatoba was given the opportunity to defend his actions. During this hearing, the majority of IEC commissioners made the decision to allow
Fatoba to remain in the election, pending an apology for the mass message. As of press time, The Peak has not received a comment from Fatoba.
Observatory project moves forward
By David Dyck
Image courtesy of PAMR
Instead of going by the DAC, the building will now be put in a much more high profile location
In 2010, the university unveiled plans to build an observatory on the Burnaby campus. It was originally meant to go up next to the Diamond Alumni Centre, as pictured, but according to Dr. Howard Trottier, physics professor and host of the popular “Starry Nights @ SFU” program, the plans have since changed significantly.
“What largely changed was that someone pointed out that this program is largely for kids who come on campus,” Trottier told The Peak. If the observatory is on the north slope, it is a problem because that isn’t an area where you really get to see the university. “That’s a really big part of the experience, that they see what university life is like.”
The project has been split into two different parts: the observatory and a daytime class- room space, the two of which do not necessarily have to be in the same location.
Although Trottier was not able to disclose where the location for the new building will be, he did say, “the observatory is now a standalone structure which will go in a very exciting, very high profile spot,” that students will see every day.
“A thousand students will pass it every day, and everyone at SFU will have access to equipment as good as, or better, than the observatory at the Vancouver Space Centre,” said AJ Koenig, an SFU undergraduate student who is a member of the SFU Astron- omy Club.
“Given Vancouver’s light pollution, the facility will not be making new research, but will be making new astronomers. And if enough people get involved, we may find SFU pressured into building a larger astronomy faculty,” he added. Currently there is no astronomy department at SFU, though the physics depart- ment offers some undergradu- ate classes that may appeal to stargazers.
Originally the observatory project was budgeted at four million dollars. With changes to the project came a new price tag: two million dollars, which an anonymous donor agreed to pay in full. Details are also hazy as for when the structure will begin construction. “The vague timeline is that things are moving ahead, and the project should be made public soon,” said Trottier.
But he was adamant that although he couldn’t give many details on the project at this time, it was a sure thing. “There’s absolutely no turning back now. It’s coming.” “It’s built up a lot of awareness, a lot of support from all kinds of people, all walks of life on campus and off campus, so that reservoir of goodwill is really huge, and we’ll tap into it soon,” he added.
Trottier is the host of Starry Nights @ SFU, a program that brings people of all ages up to Burnaby mountain for stargazing. It started in 2009, and gained immediate popularity. The program is geared specifi- cally towards children, but in- cludes many SFU students.
Trottier credited a lesser-known program on campus for much of Starry Night’s success: Science in Action, created by SFU chemistry professor Sophie Lavieri. “It’s a community thing that may have grown within SFU but to have the community engaged in this way, would not exist without science in action,” he said.
According to Trottier, the classroom space will work with the observatory to enhance a program that is “broader than just a university observatory.”
“You won’t find another program like this in Canada once it’s up and running,” said Trottier. There are even plans to have a video link to schools outside the lower mainland, so that they may book time to op- erate it remotely.
“It’s not just the observatory, it’s the whole science outreach program that drives the scale of it. It’ll be a first in that way, there’s no university science centre like it. There are things of that nature in the States, but not in Canada.”
Walking and cycling riskier than driving: study
By Amara Janssens
Photos by Mark Burnham
Pedestrians and cyclists have a higher rate of injury and fatality than drivers and passengers
In a time when everyone is being asked to reduce their carbon footprint, British Columbians are often urged to use modes of transportation other than driving. However, according to a new study by a health science researcher at Simon Fraser University, driving is in fact a safer mode of transportation over walking or biking in BC. Dr. Meghan Winters, an associate professor in the faculty of Health Sciences, studied the different injury and fatality rates for various modes of transportation.
The study found that pedestrians and cyclists had a higher rate of injury and fatality than drivers an passengers. Additionally, walking and cycling shared a similar risk rate. Dr. Winters explained, “Some people talk about bikers and pedestrians being vulnerable road users, and our data certainly confirms that they were vulnerable road users.”
According to a public safety bulletin by the BC Coroner Service, 221 pedestrians have been killed in this province from 2008–2012. Fatalities most often occurred during lunchtime and peak commuting times in the morning and afternoon, and in intersections. Additionally, seniors “aged 70 or over were at a significant higher risk than those in younger age groups,” the bulletin stated.
Although more people are killed each year as vehicle occu- pants, that figure does not indi- cate the risk level with this mode of transportation. “When you look at the numbers you see that more people are killed each year as drivers and passengers, but that is burden, and doesn’t talk about risk,” Dr. Winters explained.
Dr. Winters compared traffic injury and fatality rates between Canada and other similar coun- tries, like the United States, the Netherlands and Belgium. “What we found was that the crude traf- fic fatality rate in Canada is much higher than it is many other coun- tries, one of these being the Netheerlands, which we found to have the lowest rates.”
The findings indicate that Canada could drastically improve traffic safety since other similar countries have much safer rates. According to Dr. Winters, if traffic fatality rates for walking, cycling and biking from the Netherlands are applied to BC data, “we would in fact reduce traffic fatalities by 200 per year, which is a reduction about half of the current traffic fa- talities we are currently seeing,” she explained.
The risks of walking, biking and driving in British Columbia were very similar to data from the United States, and were all shown to have a moderate level of risk. Dr. Winters’ team examined the risk of other modes of transpor- tation in the United States, and applied those findings to Canada. “We can assume that transit travel and motorcycle travel is not substantially different.”
Motorcycle and public transit were found to have drastically different risk levels than the other modes. When compared to biking, walking and driving, “Transit travel was about 25 times safer than any of the other modes in terms of risk for injury and fatality,” Dr. Winters concluded.
However, there was a significant increase in risk with motorcycle travel, which “was 20 to 25 times more dangerous than the other modes,” Dr. Winters found. “It is an extremely dangerous choice . . . the data certainly confirms that motorcycle travel is not the safest way to do that, by far.”
Although the study found that there is moderate risk asso- ciated with walking and cycling, Dr. Winters does not recommend British Columbians give up these activities. “The physical benefits of walking and cycling far outweigh the injury risk.”
When asked what mode of transportation she would recom- mend, Dr. Winter’s replied, “The clear answer is public transit . . . [it] is both safe and it’s been shown that people walk more who use public transit, so it’s healthy as well.”
There are many reasons why traffic is safer in other countries than it is in Canada. For example, in many European countries, the cities are designed for walking and cycling, making driving more cumbersome.
“The Netherlands has extensive pathways that are separated from traffic, so that will reduce your traffic injury and fa- tality rate, certainly,” Dr. Winters explained. Additionally, Europe does not see the same amount of large vehicles as seen in North America, which play a role in traffic injuries and fatalities.
Dr. Winters recommends that municipalities, “provide separation from motor vehicle traffic,” as is done in Europe. She also recommends that individuals take responsibility to reduce risk while walking and cycling, such as wearing bright clothing, or reflective vests at night. Additionally, the BC Coroners Service suggests pedestrians stay alert, and to not assume that a crosswalk or green light makes you safe.
Researchers test new anti-influenza drug
The compound may prove to be more effective than any other drug on the market
SFU virologist Masahiro Niikura and PhD student Nicole Bance have collaborated with researchers from Australia, the United Kingdom, and local institutions to test the flu-con-trolling capacity of a new anti- influenza drug.
The team is headed by enzymologists and chemists at UBC who first synthesized the new compound. Positive results were achieved from test tube ex- periments and as a result, Bance and Niikura ran a series of ani- mal model tests which also pro- duced very promising results.
“We gave mice this new drug and then infected them with influenza to see if they were protected against the virus. All of them survived, which was good,” said Bance. The group’s research will be published in the journal Science, and it became available online in Sci- ence Express in late February.
In order to increase the number of infected cells in an organism, the influenza virus must leave an infected cell to attack healthy cells. A viral enzyme or a large molecule that speeds up chemical reac- tions and helps specific units bind-called nuramidase helps influenza escape the cell by processing sialic acid, a sim- ple sugar on the cell surface. If another substance tightly binds to nuramidase, the virus cannot exit infected cells because the enzyme can no longer digest the acid.
The new drug is designed to form an almost irreversible covalent bond to nuramidase in order to block it from bonding to sialic acid. Because the new compound is more structurally similar to sialic acid than other nuramidase inhibitor drugs, it will be less prone to generating resistant influenza strains and an ideal choice for future anti- influenza drugs.
The compound carries the advantages of two exist- ing nuramidase inhibitors on the market: Tamiflu and Relenza. Tamiflu is popular with physicians because it is water-soluble and available orally, but overuse has promoted the emergence of Tamiflu-resistant influenza strains.
In contrast, Relenza is effective against most Tamiflu-resis- tant viruses and administered through a nasal spray. “The new compound combines the ad- vantages of Relenza with Tami-flu, so it will be orally available and effective against Tamiflu resistant strains,” said Bance.
Ultimately, anti-influenza drugs like the one tested by Nii- kura and Bance buy more time for vaccine production. Because clinically isolated viruses quickly kill the embryonated chicken eggs they are produced in, weakened viruses must be created in order to produce high amounts of viruses ready for vaccines. This process can take a month or longer, accord- ing to Niikura.
Anti-influenza drugs directly alter the activities of nuramidase, making them effective against both old and new influenza strains unlike vaccines. “Because the required muta- tions are different, anti-viral drugs and vaccines can compliment each other.” said Bance. “This could be effective when used with currrent drugs to re- duce the impact of a pandemic caused by emerging strains.”
Planning the DTES
By Leah Bjornson
Photos by Leah Bjornson
Plans for 18 new development projects between Carrall Street and the base of Burnaby Mountain have created hope for a revival along East Hastings, one of the poorest and most notorious streets in Canada. However, for some, this new development may not be a welcomed change.
SFU students may have already noticed the new condos, businesses, and other buildings springing up along this strip during their daily commute up Burnaby Mountain. Since 2007, 25 building projects have been completed along East Hastings. These developments have added 423,533 square feet of residential space and 206,956 square feet of commercial space to the area.
Despite its appearance today, the Downtown Eastside (DTES) neighbourhood was once an economic and industrial hub of Vancouver. Once termed the “Great White Way” because of its neon displays, the infamous street was home to the city hall, the courthouse, the Carnegie Library, the BC Electric Railway Company, and Woodward’s de- partment store.
“What you’ve got is layers upon layers of history,” said Gordon Price, director of the City Program at SFU and six-term Vancouver city councillor. “East Hastings was really Gastown, where the sawmill was. Bars and hotels gathered around the area to provide essential services for the workers and visitors to the city. Even when the city-centre moved to Granville in the 1920s, the Downtown Eastside main- tained its purpose as a place for sawmill workers. It was still a major city centre, even as its pop- ulation declined in income.”
After Vancouver’s city-centre moved to Granville, a new, low- income population moved into the DTES area. This migration was followed by the arrival of new drugs, which spurred the creation of services in the area such as the needle exchange and the Union Mission Gospel, which in turn attracted more poor, struggling individuals. This chain of events led to East Hastings metamorphosis from a historical and cultural centre into Vancouver’s very own “skid row.”
Now, the Vancouver City Council is looking to revitalise the area with new developments. One of these is SFU’s acclaimed School for the Contemporary Arts, which relocated downtown to a new building in the historic Woodward’s district in Septem- ber 2010. Dr. Michael Stevenson, then President and Vice-Chan- cellor of Simon Fraser University, commented at the time: “We celebrate the move of SFU’s School for the Contempo- rary Arts to Woodward’s as participants in this great project of social and urban transformation in the heart of Vancouver’s Down- town Eastside. We are here not as an elite educational institution, opportunistically seeking its own advantage, but as partners in this most challenged and challenging part of our community.”
Nevertheless, not everyone is on board with this urban transformation. Critics worry that new development would lead to gentrification of the last af- fordable neighbourhood in the city for impoverished and low income citizens.
Price describes the conundrum faced by the city councillors as a catch-22, in which neither option really solves the problem. “Critics argue that the area should remain as it is,” describes Price. “But this also creates an en- vironment and market for the drug trade. The policy to keep develop- ment out of East Hastings is one of preserved dysfunction.
He continued, “But these impoverished areas exist in every city in the world. If it needs to be somewhere, this is the place.” Solutions for the problem of affordable social housing include a proposal for a 14-storey rental building at 41 East Hastings. Sixty per cent of the planned 169 housing units are slated to rent for below- market rates, with 52 units reserved specifically for women.
Even still, Price speculated that projects such as this may not be enough to reverse the tide of change enveloping the neighbourhood. “Cities are organic,” says Price. “Our tendency as a culture is to plan and lock in ideas if they benefit us, but cities must always be responsive to change. You can’t control everything, and to some degree you don’t want to.”
BC Liberal minister of advanced education steps down
VANCOUVER (CUP) — The BC Liberal minister of advanced education, John Yap, has stepped aside from cabinet over the fallout from a leaked internal party memo.
Yap has been the minister of advanced education since September 2012, and has also served as the minister of state for multiculturalism since March 2012.
His removal from cabinet comes as a response to a Liberal document that described the use of government resources to reach out to ethnic voters in the lead-up to this spring’s provincial election. The document indicated that apologies for historical wrongs upon certain ethnic groups should be issued in the run-up to the election to achieve “quick wins” on the campaign trail.
Although Yap was not the minister of state for multiculturalism in January 2012, which is when the memo is dated, he will step aside from both of his cabinet positions until the Liberals conclude an investigation into their ethnic votes strategy.
“When mistakes occur, and they do, we must confront them and take responsibility for them. I’ve talked to [John Yap], and he has agreed that he is going to step aside from cabinet,” said premier Christy Clark in question period on Monday afternoon. NDP leader Adrian Dix spoke in question period to say he supported Yap’s decision to step aside during the investigation.
Ralph Sultan, MLA for West Vancouver–Capilano and current minister of state for seniors, has been temporarily appointed to take over the ministry of advanced education. Staff at Sultan’s legislature office said that they learned Sultan would be taking over the ministry on the day the announcement was made.
University Briefs – March 11, 2013
Alberta professor charged with sexual assault and confinement of 16 year old girl
On Feb. 14, Zhixiang Wang, an associate professor at the University of Alberta, was arrested and charged with one count of sexual assault, and one count of sexual interference. His wife, Xinmei Chen, is also facing charges over one count unlawful confinement of a minor. The charges the two face were all allegedly committed against one 16-year old girl who is reported to have been confined for nearly three years. The couple both worked in the department of medicinal Genetics at U of A, and have since both have been placed on leave. They are both scheduled to appear in court Mar. 13.
With files from The Gateway
Taking the stink out of hockey equipment
Two recent business graduates from the University of Saskatchewan, Dan Robinson and Chad Fischl, have found a solution to remove bad odor causing bacteria from sports equipment, such as hockey gear and gym bags. The pair came up with a deodorizing spray that uses silver, a natural antibacterial, that has been untouched in the marketplace. “We searched for a natural antibacterial and found silver. We found that nobody was really doing it in a product like that and really there were barely any products out there that [used] silver,” Robinson told The Sheaf. Their product, Shoutout, is now being sold across the country.
With files from The Sheaf
Aboriginal law program at the University of Windsor?
Students at the University of Windsor initiated a proposal to have an aboriginal law program open at the school. The students originally set out to help aboriginal people within the community of Windsor, but were unable to achieve the level of success they had hoped. Determined, the students set out a proposal to have a law school address aboriginal issues and rights. “We realized that a specialization program at Windsor could actually be more relevant,” Caitlin Beresford, an initiator of the proposal, told The Lance. According to Beresford, only a handful of Canadian law schools offer the opportunity to specialize in aboriginal law. The law school is currently in early stages of curriculum development.
With files from The Lance.
