Posts by Mayowa Oluwasanmi
Big oil and academia
In Issue 12 of the Dalhousie Gazette, News editor Karla Renic reported that Dalhousie’s 2019 Treasury Investments Report showed over $27 million publicly traded (PT) equity holdings in mining, oil, and gas. Of that, $2,388,700 was invested into TransCanada Corporation — the owners of the Coastal GasLink pipeline. This is not a unique situation.
Read MoreSustainable fashion is failing plus-sized people
Rapid production has made the fashion industry a top contributor to global environmental pollution, producing 10 per cent of total global carbon emissions.
Read MoreShould women participate in Movember?
The secret is out: women have body hair. In recent years, beauty trends have become more inclusive when it comes to personal grooming.
Read MoreThe case for the “Portugal Model”
When Portugal decriminalized drugs in 2001, many believed that the state would become a drug haven. That wasn’t what happened. Should Canada do the same?
Read MoreFlu etiquette
Flu etiquette is a general area most people could improve in. Having the flu, while it will generate sympathy, does not excuse you from accountability.
Read MoreGet vaccinated
The government of New Brunswick is proposing a bill to make child vaccinations mandatory. Should Nova Scotia do the same?
Read MoreA response to Doug Ford’s sex-ed plans
As the film Mean Girls famously said: “Don’t have sex. Because you will get pregnant and die.” Despite the obvious joke in this, Ontario’s Ford administration seems to have adopted this view in stride. Doug Ford’s provincial government has made drastic changes to the sex education curriculum adopted by the Ontario Liberal Party in 2015. That curriculum was an updated, progressive one that dealt with relevant…
Read MoreDebating a “dry” orientation week
As the season shifts, freshmen arrive at Dalhousie to begin their undergraduate career. They will be greeted by a strict rule: no alcohol during orientation week.
Read MoreShould be studying? Start with these tips to maximize time
Are you being gaslit?
Gaslighting is when someone makes you question your thoughts, feelings and reality, using your self-doubt as a weapon of manipulation. Gaslighting is emotional abuse. It’s when someone hurts you – and instead of acknowledging your feelings, they turn it against you. Your emotions are made out to be trivial, invalid and are effectively silenced. Someone…
Read More