Is neighbourliness a lost art?
Whenever I tell a story about the apartment buildings I’ve lived in, it usually involves my neighbours. The girl with the three-legged dog, the loud…
Fumnaya Ifeadi
Supporting the Deaf community
Sixty per cent of Canadian adults have hearing problems and many are unaware of it. Approximately 382,700 are deaf, with another 3,827,000 being hard of…
The hidden cost of thrifting
Thrifting has always been a cheap, sustainable option for me. I can get nice-looking clothing for half price as compared to full price online or at…
The problem with town halls
A few weeks ago the U of M’s president’s office sent out an email to notify students of the town hall meeting president and vice-chancellor Michael…
The hidden world of bees and wasps
Epeolus gibbsi is a species of small, parasitic bee in a group commonly referred to as “cuckoo bees.” The infamous cuckoo birds lay their eggs…
Breaking the silence: Consent and sexual violence
Over the summer break, I was job searching on the UM Connect page and came across an advertisement for the position of Healthy Relationships regulator….
Confessions of an AI user: A call for intentional use
Artificial intelligence (AI) discussions are quickly becoming a regular conversation in the classroom. Each professor and student is tasked with managing the AI conversation and…
Preventing rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disorder that occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks its own tissues, causing the lining of the joints…
Podcast by two poets provides comforting conversation
Sometimes, when I am walking my dog, driving to campus or cleaning my room, I turn on an episode of the Say More podcast. I…
Diving into paleontology
As a child, Kirstin Brink loved dinosaurs. Today, she is a vertebrate paleontologist and assistant professor in the U of M’s department of geological sciences….