Sinister Semantics in health care discourse

Sinister Semantics

As a nursing student and strong supporter of Canada’s publicly funded health care system, I find it disconcerting that the term “client” is used interchangeably with “patient.” This is not only happening frequently, but regularly among my fellow nursing students and teachers. At a time when our health care system is undergoing significant change and restructuring, I think it is not only important but essential that we refrain from referring to people as “clients” of the health care system.

RE: Security Tight During Peterborough

As one of the people who attended Peterborough’s torch run on December 15, hoping to offer a counterpoint to the uncritically embraced Olympic spectacle, I was surprised to discover the perspective taken by Evan Brockest in his article entitled “Security Tight During Peterborough Torch Relay.” My experience that night was significantly different from the portrayal in Arthur. I believe that the depiction of an oppressive police presence and of a public that was unreceptive to our protesting is both inaccurate and counter-productive.

Self Love Week 2010

. know thyself . touch thyself .

Monday,  February 8th

9pm - 2am    BEERS 4 QUEERZ    OSSIA, 231 Hunter St. West    Join the queers as OSSIA opens it’s doors on Monday nights, just for us. EVERY MONDAY NIGHT HEREAFTER at OSSIA! Come out, drink cheap beer (or really cheap soda and coffee) and enjoy queer company! Show up as an early bird around 9-10ish or drop by wheneva.

Municipality gives thousands to fund security cameras without any benefit to poor

Citing the prevention of drug deals and assaults as motivating factors, the municipality of Peterborough agreed last week to provide complete funding for the installation of security cameras outside local downtown shelters.

Just over $15,000 worth of municipal funding has been released by the city to cover the costs of the cameras, with operators of the Brock Mission and the Youth Emergency Shelter (YES) each receiving financial contributions of approximately $8000.

Deaths on Christmas Eve a Status Issue, says No One Is Illegal

Why five men were allowed to fall almost 130 feet from a faulty construction platform

Last December, Christmas Eve passed in Toronto as it always does; snowless, but still cold, the malls filled to the brim with frantic shoppers. But while most of us were trimming the tree, singing carols, and watching Miracle on 34th Street, the families of five Rexdale construction workers were devastated with the news of a ‘workplace accident’ that would cost them almost everything.

Break Free in Trinidad &Tobago!

What drives Carnival is the music. Calypso is the medium through which social issues are addressed using satire and wit, not only to poke fun at the powers and politicians of the day, but also to raise issues of relevance in the everyday lives of the populace.

The Ghost of Codes of Conduct Past

In 2008 Arthur reported that the University of Ottawa’s new president Allan Rock had responded to student protest against a Student Code of Conduct by announcing he would no longer be pursuing the code.  This was an inspiring moment for students rights activists across Ontario. But, as Mike Fancie reports, students at the University of Ottawa are still under threat from an administration that continues to violate student rights. This article was originally published in The Leveller: Carleton’s Campus and Community Newspaper

Trent Takes on Seneca

The Trent Excalibur men’s and women’s volleyball teams took on the Seneca Sting on the evening of Wednesday, February 3, with mixed results. The Excalibur men were narrowly defeated in an intense match, 3-2, while the Trent women took the victory 3-0.

Healing Gardens for Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC)

After attending the “Biology of Buildings” talk at the Camp Kawartha Environment Centre in mid-January this year, the image of the Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) came to mind. Together with people from the Peterborough community and Trent/Fleming students, we listened to Stephen Colette, a certified Building Biology Environmental Consultant and the owner of Your Healthy House, talk about how buildings can impact ones’ mood and health.

University as a Learning Space

At times it seems as though the university experience is tumultuous in nature. Diverse ethnic, political, and philosophical cultures exist within this institution, mixed with copious amounts of work. This work is not just academic in its quality; there is work pertaining to the personal development one undergoes throughout life, and also the internal conflicts that arise when confronting the world’s realities.

Ashley Fellow praises residential college system 

Don Markwell says the college system is going through a renaissance all over the world. With a new president, is the stage set to bring life back to Trent’s colleges?

Over sixty students, faculty, and other community members came together last Tuesday to talk about how they might do just that: come together, more often.

In his first of three lectures as Trent’s 2010 Ashley Fellow, Australian political economist Don Markwell praised the residential college system as, among other things, a way to make student-faculty interaction happen outside the classroom.

Market Hall: A brief history

With Peterborough’s historic hall about to undergo year-long renovations, Arthur invites you on a trip through the past

I know Market Hall may seem like old news (try about a hundred years or so) to those local to the area, but I have it on good authority that some of you reading this have yet to grace its illustrious floors. And so, it is my sad job to inform you that you won’t get the chance to do so for a solid calendar year.

Students assess Trent sustainability

Three Trent students have submitted a report on Trent’s sustainability performance to President Stephen Franklin. They want sustainability to become a priority in all of the university’s decision making.

The report, conducted between May and August 2009 by Timothy Shah, Adam Wright, and Scott Baker assessed performance in education and research, operations, administration, and finance.

Beyonce sparks ‘Fierce’ Caribbean Controversy

Beyonce will be wrapping up her South American tour with a performance in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday, February 18. Her scheduled appearance has sparked some criticism.

Beyonce’s performance comes a mere two days after the country celebrates its greatest cultural spectacle – Carnival. The show is being sponsored by the Telecommunications Service of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT), a communications company that is fifty-one percent owned by the state.

New Honduran President’s Legitamacy Questioned as ‘One-Sided Civil War’ Deepens Human Rights Crisis

National Bankruptcy Declared

Originally published for In These Times Magazine. www.inthesetimes.com

TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS– It was all supposed to be different once Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo took over as the new president of Honduras. Human rights crisis finished. Dictatorship deterred. Even after a highly-contested election in November -- which most of the world refused to recognize and more than half of Hondurans didn’t participate in -- many both here and abroad still clung to the hope that a new executive officer might resolve what some experts have called a “one-sided civil war” because only the military-backed regime has employed violent means.

Listings, Feb 8

Artspace invites you to attend a free film event screening of the 2009 Millbrook International 3-Minute Film Festival finalists. The program consists of 25 short films including all the winners of the 2009 Millie Awards. Thursday, February 18th at 7:30 PM. In the ARTSPACE MUDROOM, 378 Aylmer Street North, Peterborough, Ontario. Admission is free. Screening will take approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes. Reminder - Deadline for entries in the 2010 Millbrook International 3-Minute Film Festival is March 12, 2010.