A year before Thunberg’s emotional “#HowDareYou” speech made global headlines, then-13-year-old Autumn Peltier gave an impassioned address to the UN General Assembly on World Water Day while standing on a…
Hundreds of UVic students joined protesters outside the B.C. Legislature on Sep. 27 for the final event of the “week of action” to advocate for climate change awareness.
"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…
Nearly four years, many unmet expectations, one ethics scandal, and a pipeline saga later, many Canadians are well aware of their prime minister’s notable flaws. However, in an episode of…
Abortion was decriminalized in 1969. No law reflecting the Supreme Court's R. v Morgentaler decision ever passed through parliament, so no laws govern abortion in Canada. This is precisely the…
Since Canada’s first implementation of curbside recycling programs in the 1980s, Canadians have dutifully filled our blue bins believing we’re doing a good thing for the planet. However, much of…
This July, I did not celebrate Canada 152. Canada remains a false country, because this is unceded Indigenous land, and because we are unceded Indigenous peoples. What I would like…
We're officially 102 days away from the next federal election. But why is it that Canadians are more informed about an election that won't be decided until more than a…