Canada
Canadians’ understanding of consent has dropped
The results of a recent survey from the Canadian Women’s Foundation suggest most Canadians don’t fully understand consent. The survey presented people with various scenarios, asking if they were consensual, “just so that we knew whether Canadians understood the situations under which people can and cannot give consent,” said Anu Dugal. She’s the director of community initiatives and…
Read MoreBlack Student Orientation program launches at Dal
Dalhousie University’s Black Student Advising Centre (BSAC) is launching an orientation program this year to help first-year students transition into university. The Black Student Orientation program is ongoing, so students will attend three different sessions throughout the academic year. The first one took place on Aug. 29. Monique Thomas is BSAC’s Community Outreach and Transition to University…
Read MoreDSU mum on details of staff restructuring
This summer, the Dalhousie Student Union (DSU) received backlash after its “employment restructuring” lead to firings of full-time staff. The executive are now preparing to deliver on campaign promises for their one year term. On May 28, the DSU announced a prospective membership with the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). A few weeks later, they…
Read MoreHalifax’s unprecedented rental crisis
A rental crisis has led to the lowest vacancy rate Halifax has experienced in decades. The issue has resulted in increased rent prices, precarious living and an absence of affordable housing in the city. After three years of record-breaking population growth in the city, Halifax’s vacancy rate for apartment rentals hit an all-time low this year…
Read MoreDishonourable degrees: an update
Editor’s note: This is an update on “Dishonourable degrees” from the Nov. 30, 2018 issue. Content warning – the story contains information about the sexual assault of minors. In 2018, the Dal Gazette reported on Dalhousie’s lack of policies about revoking honorary degrees. The initial complaint came from Robert Huish, an Associate Professor in the Department of International Development. Huish brought up the…
Read MoreU of T student unions sign open letter against Ford government
The student unions write that the Student Choice Initiative puts on-campus services funded by incidental fees at risk, specifically services such as “health and dental plans, peer-to-peer support, on-campus press, support services like food banks and more.”
Read MoreNational Centre for Truth and Reconciliation partners with Dalhousie
A recent partnership between Dalhousie and the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) in Winnipeg means the centre’s archives are accessible through Dalhousie library services in Halifax as well as the Agricultural Campus in Truro.
Read MoreBudgeting practices of campus bars
According to the DSU budget glossary, a deficit is a “financial shortage where expenses exceed revenues,” in other words, the money is flowing out of the Grawood.
Read MoreHot in here
The toasty planet keeps getting hotter. On Oct. 6, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a special report. It predicts the planet will be 1.5 C warmer than it was before the industrial revolution between 2030 and 2052 if human-made greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase at the current rate. Sea level rise, biodiversity loss and extreme weather are likely to increase as temperature climbs. The report draws…
Read MoreOrganic matter in the Arctic Ocean
In the late 19th century, Norwegian explorers learned about the transpolar drift in the Arctic Ocean during an attempt to cross the northernmost point on earth. Today, scientists are still venturing to the top of the world, but each with different goals in mind. “The transpolar drift moves water from the Siberian shelf out through the Fram Strait and out through the east side of…
Read MoreBaby Boomers to Gen Z
Welcome to Dalhousie University, Generation Z. In 2014, Maclean’s told us Gen Z-ers are “smarter than Boomers, and way more ambitious than the Millennials.” If we believe the predictions, Gen Z will soon outnumber both. The Boomers who were born in 1950, would have started university in the late 1960s into the 1970s. While this 2018/2019 academic year marks the official integration of the Gen…
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