new normal

We can’t let nostalgia for “normal” prevent us from addressing systemic inequality

By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor It’s week nine of lockdown in Canada; longer for those of us who took precautions earlier to safeguard ourselves or the vulnerable people we love. Restlessness has set in for some, resignation for others. As SFU students begin summer semester classes, the return to school is either going to be a torture or a much anticipated return to routine.  It seems the longer we sit in quarantine, the more one word is spoken almost as much as COVID-19 itself: normal. There have been calls to get the economy back to working as “normal,” speculation on what…

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