The tragic hilarity of hate mail
If you missed the Manitoba debut of Cranks in October, you luckily have a second chance to see the film at Cinematheque. The film is…
January 2020
Manitoba Bisons stun Calgary Dinos with weekend split
The U of M Bisons women’s hockey team picked one of the best ways to remind the rest of Canada West that it is still here.
Spengler Cup a hockey nerd’s dream for Brendan Burke
Usually when you make a deal with your dad, it involves chores or good grades. For University of Alberta Golden Bears goalie Brendan Burke, it…
Private funding of public universities like the U of M is unsustainable
Private funding like U of M’s Front and Centre campaign reveal the limitations of private investment in public education.
Casati — ‘This Is Just To Say,’ 3.5/5
In Casati’s wide-eyed vision of folk music, there’s a refreshing absence of whisky and murdered wives — rather, the trio crafts a gentler world, one…
U of A, the Holodomor and the political nature of genocide recognition
A Nov. 19 Facebook post disputing the Holodomor from assistant lecturer Dougal MacDonald sparked a series of protests and calls for his termination from the University of Alberta.
The devastating consequences of “tech bro culture”
The short documentary Losing Lena is a dense but educational film that examines how women were pushed out of the tech industry. The film thoroughly…
Gendering of gadgetry emblematic of a sexist culture
Virtual assistants today are still pre-programmed to a female-gendered voice.
Job automation benefits workplace productivity
With the rise of new technology, the fear of human jobs becoming automated has grown in recent years. There is a lot of potential for technology to complement our jobs rather than to hurt them.
Fox Glove — ‘Dead of Winter,’ 3/5
Whether you enjoy Fox Glove’s brief three-song holiday EP will be entirely predicated both on your pre-existing feelings about Christmas songs.