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Letters to the Editor – January 6, 2010

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RE: Fair Trade coffee, a great way to make a difference (Dec. 2, 2009) Thank you for your recent article on Fair Trade. It's always good to see people advocating for coffee-farming families. Fair Trade...
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Our own way to rock

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Sheldon Birnie
Hello friends. I am here today to nominate a man of wealth and distinction for the position of chancellor of the University of Manitoba. I’ll break it to you gently: that man is Burton...
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Bring it on

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Steve Langston
The same people that bitch and moan every time the price of fuel goes up continue to purchase gas-guzzling vehicles every time the price of gasoline goes down. Society has a short-term memory problem....
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Fairtrade coffee, a great way to make a difference

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Sarah Khalil
As consumers, there are many ways to make a difference and create a positive impact in the world. Canadians are the biggest coffee consumers in North America, averaging three cups of coffee per day,...
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Poor going hungry in recession

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Stefan Epp
This week, Food Banks Canada, the association of food banks across Canada, released its annual survey on food bank use in Canada. Hunger Count 2009 reveals, not surprisingly, that it is the poor that...
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Would you still love me if I was a girl?

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Corey King
When people professed to me that they loved someone, I used to ask them questions like “If that person killed someone, would you still love them?” Doing this, I found that in a good...
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Student Refugee Program: humanitarian or dwindling effort?

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Jillian Nichols
This is my fifth year as a student at the University of Manitoba and my first year of being involved with the Student Refugee Program (SRP). It was not until this year that I...

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