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Saanich’s rental bylaw system puts the onus on students, not landlords

Saanich’s rental bylaw system puts the onus on students, not landlords

by Dorothy Poon | Jan 15, 2020 | Op-eds, Opinions

Photo by Joshua Ngenda The lack of student housing in Victoria, B.C., is a well-documented phenomenon. From the Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group’s (VIPIRG) 2017 report on the shortage’s impact on student wellness to the current construction of two new...
(Not so) new kids on the Bloc: the Bloc Québécois’s resurgence in the 2019 Canadian federal election

(Not so) new kids on the Bloc: the Bloc Québécois’s resurgence in the 2019 Canadian federal election

by Dorothy Poon | Dec 11, 2019 | Op-eds, Opinions

Image via Bloc Quebecois on Instagram Who exactly are the Bloc Québécois? For many British Columbians, this party may seem like little more than a mythological entity whose presence in Canadian politics is only occasionally touched on by CBC news reports and election...
The post-milk era? Plant-based alternatives are on the rise

The post-milk era? Plant-based alternatives are on the rise

by Dorothy Poon | Dec 4, 2019 | Op-eds, Opinions

Graphic by Nat Inez Milk isn’t what the cool kids are drinking these days. The downward spiral of dairy product consumption has been increasingly apparent on store shelves and kitchen counters in recent years. In the United States alone, the Dairy Farmers of America...
A drop in the ocean: the illusory but necessary promise of the plastic straw

A drop in the ocean: the illusory but necessary promise of the plastic straw

by Dorothy Poon | Oct 23, 2019 | Op-eds, Opinions

Chances are that by now you’ve probably heard of the environmental issues that plastic straws pose. The media frenzy around this once-innocuous product first began nearly two years ago, with a large cluster of articles from major publications such as the New York...
Confronting society’s underlying prejudices towards the poor

Confronting society’s underlying prejudices towards the poor

by Dorothy Poon | Apr 10, 2019 | Op-eds, Opinions

Being rich doesn’t make you a better person, and being poor doesn’t make you a worse one Photo accessed via Pixabay. Subtle undercurrents of North American society tell us there’s an association between being poor and a lack of personal will. It’s the inability, for...
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