Opinion
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New office of religious freedom exclusionary
The Conservative government’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird has established the new Canadian Office of Religious Freedom, which is soon to be unveiled.
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TV trauma
Even though they make headlines pretty regularly these days, outcries of enraged parents rallying against the graphic depictions of wanton violence present in today’s video games - or the blatant promotion of female objectification in some popular music - are hardly enough to faze this jaded, broken husk of a man.
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What’s the U of W doing in the North End?
The University of Winnipeg’s Department of Urban and Inner-City Studies (UIC) is located on Selkirk Avenue, in Winnipeg’s North End - and exciting things are happening there.
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Selkirk settler commemoration problematic
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the Red River Settlement, an agricultural colony founded by a Scottish “noble” named Thomas Douglas, the Fifth Earl of Selkirk.
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Time to acknowledge privilege
It took me a long time to come to terms with the concept of white privilege.
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Social democracy spreading across Canada
Even after visiting the site of a massive oil sands project in Alberta, and changing his tone marginally in order to emphasize environmental ramifications, it seems the Western premiers and most Canadian media are unanimous in viewing NDP leader Thomas Mulcair’s position on the oil sands as his first significant gaffe since taking the official Opposition leadership reigns.
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A handbook for rebellion
It is difficult to overstate the role of the written word in helping to form and foster the idealism that has sparked activism in our society.
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Self-love and bad grammar
I started writing zines when I was 16.
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In print
You could say I’m a book snob.
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Why books matter
Many of us also often point to a certain book or movie as having had a powerful effect on us.
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Let’s unlearn slut-shaming
There is a “War on Women” being waged in the U.S., defined by violent opposition to women’s contraceptive rights.
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Ellice Café was more than a restaurant
For the past three years we have lived in an accessible apartment in the West End because both my wife and I are in wheelchairs.
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Time to ban lawn chemicals
In Manitoba, we welcome spring each year with great enthusiasm — but amid the birdsong and blossoms lurks a distinctive and unpleasant odour.
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My West End walk
On a cold January evening, after missing my bus on my way to class, I decide to walk through my West End neighbourhood.
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Walking together against victim-blaming
By now, most of us are familiar with SlutWalk, the global movement triggered last year after Toronto police constable Michael Sanguinetti told a group at York University that women should avoid dressing like “sluts” in order to not be victimized.
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A timeless system of ethics
I believe in chivalry.
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Human rights hypocrisy
I received the call around the middle of August, during a week I had planned to take away from my news duties at CKUW.
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Put an end to food banks
One of the issues that people who work in the poverty field face is how to reduce poverty in this country.
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The art of economics
The study of economics is having an identity crisis.
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Repercussions of violence
Resilience is something I find fascinating. Specifically, how a person can go about their daily life after suffering devastation, or how a community can come back from tragedy.