I want to commend UMSU Council and vice-president external Astitwa Thapa for their trailblazing work towards divesting the University Investment Trust from the fossil fuel sector. I agree wholeheartedly with Thapa when he says...

As the old cliché goes: “one person’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter.” This implies that certain values are ultimately subjective, which is a lesson that is often overlooked or even ignored in Canadian...

“Dream as if you’ll live forever; live as if you’ll die today” — James Dean. The most important lesson I’ve ever learned in life was taught to me by Elmo. Before I explain the deeply philosophical...

“The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” Chicken Little’s famous saying, in my opinion, is the message I receive every day when I watch the news, read the paper or listen to the radio....

Enough is enough. As a Canadian citizen, I'm used to the federal political process that goes on in Ottawa. I'm accustomed to political gamesmanship between parties and leaders. And of course, I'm accustomed to...

Canada is a society that prides itself on equality. We constantly tell ourselves that we live in a free country where we are all equal to one another. Further, we take gratification in our...