Bhavana Kaushik
No, queer curriculum in schools isn’t “grooming” students
January 26, 2023By: Bhavana Kaushik, SFU Student Despite years of progress on LGBTQIA2S+ rights in Canada, the last couple of years have seen a resurgence in naked bigotry towards queer people. One of the most dangerous tactics used to demonize the community has been to reduce teachers to “groomers,” with bigots condemning the involvement of queer narratives in the classroom as being tantamount to pedophilia. Before we talk about such an important topic, we need to establish a legitimate definition of grooming. According to a 2001 Criminal Code provision, “preparatory” steps taken to “groom” children under 14 is considered a criminal offence,…
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Treading water: Canadians need Universal Basic Income
August 4, 2022By Bhavana Kaushik, SFU Student In a world with skyrocketing housing prices, wages that don’t reflect productivity, and rampant worker dissatisfaction, we need a way to bridge the gap between wages and the real cost of living. Universal Basic Income (UBI),…
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Bright-er Side: At some point, Wikipedia became a partially-reliable website
July 13, 2022By Bhavana Kaushik, SFU Student We’ve all heard the warning: “Wikipedia can’t be trusted.” At every level — elementary, middle, high, and university — we’re warned to stay away from the free online encyclopedia. And so we’ve sadly been slow to…
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