John FisherThe RSU front desk is closed after dark. Jack Fisher/Sheridan Sun Imagine if half of all elected officials in the government resigned on the same day. Imagine how wayward that would make our political landscape. We would be looking at half-baked...
Mennatullah ShawkyI 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...
Shivyoshita SoodThousands 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...
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...
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...
Paola Patrizia FloroUpdated 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...
IGNITE expected to shift governance structure on Wednesday Image provided by The Avro Post WHAT’S GOING ON? On Wednesday January 20th, the student union that represents both Humber College and University of Guelph-Humber students is holding a...
Iran admits that they have unintentionally shot down a Ukrainian airplane on January 8th, minutes after taking off from Tehran’s airport. As the investigation is currently still taking place after the news broke out, it has been said that the...
Image from Global News Article Originally published on Defunct Mayhem It has only been 10 days since the Ukrainian Airlines plane was shot down in Iran. It seems like it has been so much longer. The global response was quick, and Canada’s response...
UPDATE November 22nd: The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) and York Federation of Students (YFS) held a joint press conference in the Queen’s Park press room – sponsored by NDP MPP Chris Glover – to discuss the legal win...
In his 1905 philosophical anthology The Life of Reason, Vol 1: Reason In Common Sense, George Santayana said “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Today we are living in a time of seemingly unprecedented vacuousness coming...
Karina Gould is re-elected as Liberals win in Burlington riding. Noah Gould (L) and Karina Gould (R) address supporters and local residents at Emma’s Backporch Pub on election night. (Paola Floro) Karina Gould celebrated her re-election as...