The World Health Organization says the threat of COVID19 becoming a pandemic is “very real.” Yet, it was clear from their news briefing on Monday that they have been careful not to call the virus by the term. Despite the virus’ growing reach across...
The COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak has taken the world by storm. As of Tuesday, March 9th, there have been 118,905 confirmed cases and 4,270 deaths worldwide. China and Italy have been two of the countries hit the hardest by the outbreak of this...
The spread of misinformation is on a rise as COVID-19 spreads across over 100 countries. As the world continues to find ways in combating COVID-19, there has been another pandemic on the rise alongside: Infodemic. Stories like Bill Gates, the...
A few people walk the empty streets in Venice, Italy on Monday after country announces lockdown in efforts to stop spread of COVID-19 (Marco Di Lauro/Getty Images) Canada is unlikely to go on national lockdown as the risk of contracting COVID-19...
I am currently a Journalism post-grad student at Sheridan College, Oakville. After studying it for a few months, I felt that journalists’ mental health is underscored because it is our job to put our feelings aside and report. PTSD within Journalism...
With marijuana becoming legal all across North America, the NHL is the only major sports league who is accepting the change in public perception about the drug.
Tourists take pictures in a slum in Manila, Philippines. (Hannah Reyes Morales/Nat Geo) Slum tourism is one of the fastest-growing niche tourism segments in the world, but it is also one of the most controversial. Slum tourism is...
All four of the teacher’s unions for publicly funded schools in Ontario have been taking some kind of job action in protest to proposed changes to education funding by the provincial government. Their main concerns regard the Ford government’s plan...
View this post on Instagram Shannon Bryant is experiencing eco-anxiety like many other youths in Canada… but she isn't sure if she should seek professional help. She says, “If my therapist could fix the climate change, then I will not be...
Thousands of teachers and education workers marched at the Ontario Legislature as Ontario’s four major teachers’ unions held provincewide coordinated strikes on Friday, Feb. 21. The demonstrations are intended to put bargaining pressure on the...
Image Source: Sheridan Student Union If your city or town council was changing the way you paid taxes, you might want to pay attention. So when the SSU moves around the way your ancillary fees are managed, why is the meeting inaccessible to two...
Approximately 8 million pieces of plastic pollution are disposed of in our oceans every daycredit: google images The single-use plastic ban will be in force by 2021 after the Trudeau government’s approved the bill this January.Soon...
The panelists at Taste of Ent event networking with students and attendees. With advancing technology and changing industrial demands, it is becoming difficult for university and college graduates to acquire relevant jobs with just a degree in hand...
What is happening at Ryerson is an absolute tragedy. To unpack the conundrum, the first question to ask is “why do student unions matter”? For many people outside the echo chamber of academia, student unions are no more than a slightly older version...
Image Source: Sheridan Student Union The Sheridan Student Union is back with the Winter Clubs Fair. The two-day event took place at the Student Centre Atrium, outside The Marquee on the Trafalgar Campus on Feb. 5 and 6 from noon to 3 p.m. A number...
Created by: Danielle Orr and Paola Floro. Several research facilities are working alongside international organizations and governments in the global effort to make a vaccine to curb the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The virus has killed 427 people...
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas addressed an emergency meeting for Arab league foreign ministers in Cairo on Saturday. His message was clear, Palestinians reject U.S president Donald Trump’s proposed Middle East peace plan. Dissatisfied by the...
Coronavirus has shocked the worldwide populous. The speed at which the disease spreads has been alarming. As of February 4th, 2020, there have been 20,630 confirmed cases of coronavirus. There have been 23 countries with confirmed cases of...
The World Health Organization has asked countries to refrain from increasing “fear and stigma” in the international community by imposing travel and trade restrictions. On the other hand, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)...
From being unable to produce work to having to feed 41 million people, China has begun to face monetary setbacks. China is one of the world’s biggest export hubs, its greatest strength is manufacturing and export. In 2002, when a fatal...
The Iowa caucuses turned into a political quagmire, with many results unable to be counted, or counted accurately, marking a messy start for the Democrats seeking to unseat Donald Trump as President. The Iowa Caucus took place on Monday, Feb 3 2020...
Photo of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridgesource: Photo courtesy of Pixabay The World Health Organization has decidedly said the coronavirus is not a pandemic. In a press conference Tuesday, the agency said they are hopeful that the virus can be...
History is repeating itself, albeit in novel ways. Novel coronavirus, believed to have spread from China’s Wuhan, has killed 494 people and has infected over 20,000 people across 25 countries so far. The virus is proving to be yet another zoonotic...
WHO’s line is it anyway? After the World Health Organization’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the novel Coronavirus a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern”. This body of health officials has since encouraged...
Updated February 20, 2020 Juan Guaido greets members of the public at a talk organized by the Venezuelan Embassy at All Saints Event Space in Ottawa on Monday, Jan 27. 2020 (Paola Floro) Venezuela’s self declared interim president and opposition...
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