Q&A with Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin is a renowned autism and animal welfare advocate, and was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in…
social issues
Espionage secures Canada’s energy advantage
Tariq Sohail In the past few weeks, there have been some new revelations about economic espionage leaked to the media by former National Security Agency…
Consumerism and the ‘right now!’ era
Steve Snyder, volunteer staff In business, one is always confined by the triple constraints. Fast, cheap, or good: choose two. As a society, for the…
Federal prison strike reveals longstanding labour issues
Anne Wyman Imagine waking up tomorrow to a 30 per cent wage cut, mandated by law. If the cost of living stayed the same, you’d…
Making noise to support prisoners
In May of 2012, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced a plan of the federal government’s to implement changes to prisoners’ wages. At the time,…
Gender discrimination: two wrongs don’t make a right
Meg Bergeron Many feminists think misandry isn’t real. Not even my spellcheck thinks misandry is real. But it has become painfully obvious to me, as…
‘Turning the crank’
Students and faculty gathered in the engineering building on Tuesday for an armchair session on Ethics and Engineering Education. The event, co-sponsored by the Faculty…
A great consolation
Caleigh MacDonald, staff I do not know what it’s like to be dying, but I know better than most what it feels like to lose…
A wearable history
History is written in many forms – through buildings and books, our everyday lives, and the clothes we wear. In the latest exhibit from the…
Mental health and poverty
Bruce Tefft It is a well-established fact that rates of mental disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression, schizophrenia) within the general population are strongly correlated with income….