Canada is technically a constitutional monarchy, but the king is more like a figurehead, and really, is not that important in the grand scheme of things. Rather, Canada, for all intents and purposes, is a...

The purpose of this letter to the editor is to respond to Ben Baader’s recent letter in support of Arij Al Khafagi in the Manitoban. She was recently suspended for the academic year from...

Dear Michael Benarroch, It is with immense anger and discontent that I learn that the university administration has chosen to not pursue legal action against Jonathan Black-Branch, as reported by the CBC on Dec. 10,...

Dear editor, I thought I might take this opportunity to provide a brief and hopefully re-orienting set of remarks relating the opinion piece published in the Manitoban by University of Winnipeg organizers of the recent...

A Christmas Fury (2017) If you’re looking for a holiday film with a large dose of Canadiana, look no further. Based on the same characters from comedy icon Mary Walsh’s 2005 award-winning CBC show Hatching, Matching,...

As a linguistics graduate and former student journalist who now works in communications, I am well aware of the power of words. It seems that, despite literally working with words as a profession, many...

Dear Netha Dyck, Michael Benarroch and Eleanor Coopsammy, I am writing as a U of M professor in Jewish studies and Jewish history to protest against the suspension of Arij Al Khafagi, as it had...