When non-essential businesses were declared to close in order to help protect Canadians in the fight against COVID-19, the arts community felt the hit harder than most.
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...
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...
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...
Rotating Strikes Move to Halton District On Thursday, January 23rd with over 100 teachers, protesters, and students in attendance. The community of Oakville stood on Kerr and Rebecca Street to advocate for the upkeep of Ontario’s education...
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...
Photo by Eli Ridder/The Avro Post On Nov. 21, the Ontario Divisional Court deemed the Ford government’s Student Choice Initiative unlawful and the reaction has varied from sending the optional fees website offline to waiting on the...
Flavours of Fall is a market style kick-off to fall event. It is the first event in a series of events being organised for the Oakville community to come together and celebrate fall and the holiday season. Milan Bowie, the marketing manager of...
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...