Other Voices

CONVERSATION – By calling survivors ‘heroes,’ we miss the full picture

February 17, 2020 // 0 Comments

By ANNIE ST. JOHN-STARK Thompson Rivers University WHEN DISASTER STRIKES — a hurricane, a terror attack, a landslide — we are quick to label the survivors as heroes. On [Continue]

POLITICS – Trudeau throwing away Canada’s future for a seat at UN table

February 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

IN 2014, THE SUPREME COURT of Canada issued a stunning decision with profound impact on the future development of our country. For more than a century, Indigenous title had [Continue]

BOWLER – Cancel culture stifles democratic dissent and discussion

February 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE CANCEL CULTURE has claimed another victim. Renowned poet George Elliott Clarke has backed out of giving the University of Regina’s Woodrow Lloyd Lecture over [Continue]

SUZUKI – What do we do when our home is on fire?

February 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

SUCCESSIVE AUSTRALIAN governments have denied or downplayed the existence and risks of human-caused climate disruption. There, coal is king. In our outdated economic systems, [Continue]

HARRY AND MEGHAN – Let’s laud them for their self-care and leave them alone

January 26, 2020 // 1 Comment

By SHANA MacDONALD University of Waterloo In just the first month of 2020, #MeghanandHarry has been trending across social media more often than not. In a series of public [Continue]

SUZUKI – Ecological crises deserve better coverage from the media

January 22, 2020 // 2 Comments

I WAS 14 WHEN North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. As an adolescent, I was more preoccupied with puberty-related personal issues than politics. But when Canada sent [Continue]