Opinions

EDITORIAL | Don’t let your ballot go unchecked

With 338 seats in the House of Commons, voting for just one may seem like a meaningless task. But this election is the closest, tightest Canadian federal election in the…

Tips for turning struggle into strength

Especially for students new to university life, it’s not easy to predict how you’ll feel when the dust settles and the work picks up. The trouble comes when you find…

What if there really was a major spill?

The spill could be small, or it could be the next Exxon Valdez, but either way the cost for the Salish Sea may be too great.

LETTER | Re: Dispelling misconceptions about the Thirty Meter Telescope

"The following is in reply to a letter by Morgan Mowatt. As a native Hawaiian and Big Island resident, I would like to dispel misconceptions expressed by this student."

Simple ways to reduce your everyday carbon footprint

With so many bleak projections about climate change, it would be easy to blame these issues on previous generations and call it a day. But while we may have inherited…

EDITORIAL | A climate strike isn’t a campaign event

Despite nearly all of the federal party leaders attended Global Climate Strikes across Canada, none of them have proposed policies that would meet these demands. However, all of these candidates…

What the absence of women in provincial politics means for Canada

"The Council of Federation, comprised of Canada’s thirteen premiers, posted a picture on Twitter from one of their bi-annual meetings this summer. The picture provokes a rather simple and reasonable…

The importance of valuing the humanities

Hundreds of articles denounce the study of the humanities as a pursuit of “worthlessness” or even “elitism.” So then, why do some people continue to pursue these studies in an…

Let’s agree to disagree

With a potential new prime minister coming in October and a new university president coming next summer, cultivating the ability to disagree will be especially important this year. So, how…