veganism
The importance of vegetarianism and veganism
November 27, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of animal slaughter. I’ve been a vegetarian since I was seven years old. I love animals too much to harm them, and that was my main reason for becoming a vegetarian in the first place. My parents are also both vegetarians, but they allowed me to make my own decision when I was young. It wasn’t until one day when my grandfather asked if I wanted a ham sandwich for lunch, that I responded with, “I’ll have the sandwich, but without the ham.” Since then, I’ve also considered myself a bit of…
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Consuming in good conscience: The next generation will be ashamed of our record on animal rights
May 10, 2022By Olivia Visser, Staff Writer It’s 2022 and we’re still failing to treat our animals with dignity. Despite significant strides made on progressive causes, we’re still not thinking clearly about the scale of corporate animal abuse. Instead, the profit motive…
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Toxic veganism is turning people away
July 21, 2021By: Marco Ovies, Features Editor I was transiting home one day from school, waiting in line for the bus at Surrey Central Station. It was then that I was bombarded by a group of masked animal rights activists, each holding a…
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Mainstream veganism needs to focus on equity over moral outrage
November 10, 2020by Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor I grew up with a vegetarian mother and ate a mainly vegetarian diet until I was about 17. I’m originally from Sri Lanka, and a lot of our food is conducive to vegetarian…
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Myths about veganism shouldn’t stop people from choosing it
November 3, 2020by Naaz Sekhon, SFU Student I remember when my sister surprised my entire family with the news that she was going vegan. As is typical for a Punjabi family, the majority of our diet included dairy, so it was no…
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Reflections on my veganism
July 20, 2015Going vegan was the most challenging and rewarding decision I have ever made for my health. I can still remember, a couple years ago, being asked “would you ever go vegan?” with my response being, “No way. Never.” Ironically enough,…
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No animals were harmed: One meat-lover’s week as a vegan
September 3, 2012By Ljudmila Petrovic I love meat. Yeah, that’s what I said. Pulled pork, steak, chicken, seafood, you name it; except for a short flirtation with vegetarianism in high school (likely an act of rebellion against my carnivorous Serbian family), I…
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