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Innocence Abroad ...The Americans are coming, the Americans are coming!

J.A. Forrester

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February 13, 2025

A simple question: Is the United States a global empire in the colonial tradition?

4 Years Left: The World Climate Clock and the Recognition of Indigenous Land Sovereignty

Ciara Richardson

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February 10, 2025

Ciara Richardson examines the World Climate Clock initiative and its efforts to raise awareness about anthropogenic climate change before it's too late, specifically the project's investment in Indigenous Land Sovereignty as a means to combating the climate crisis.

What is a University Now?

David Tough

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March 12, 2020

Dave Tough asks and works to answer difficult questions about the role and responsibilities of the capital-U University.

Doug Ford is Responsible for the Downfalls of Cannabis Legalization in Ontario

Collin Chepeka

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January 22, 2019

TCSA Board Votes to Suspend Membership Rights to Referenda Petitions in Spring 2019 Election

Shannon Culkeen

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January 17, 2019

You Are Not "Just A Girl." Stop Saying That

Louanne Morin

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January 23, 2025

Are you coquette? Do you know girl math? Do you subscribe to the philosophy of care ethics? From social media to academia, Louanne Morin details the ongoing antifeminist retrenchment.

There Goes Bonnerworth—My Pickleball Nightmare

James Cullingham

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January 7, 2025

Contributor and historian James Cullingham ruminates on the ongoing development of Bonnerworth Park and the ways in which Peterborough's prioritizing of pickleball parallels matters of provincial policy.

Life and Death on Faryon Bridge

Louanne Morin

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December 4, 2024

How do we pass by the names of murdered children inscribed on Faryon bridge every day with such ease? Louanne Morin grapples with what it means not to grieve the dead that surround us.

The Problem with White Feminism

Lindsay Blake

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November 26, 2024

Community contributor Lindsay Blake examines the ways in which the feminist movement has historically privileged the positions of White women, and marginalized women of colour in this Lilith 2024 contribution.

The Micro-Aesthetic Epidemic

Georgia Dunning

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November 26, 2024

Are you a clean girl? What about a green juice girl? Or maybe a messy girl? A downtown girl? Georgia Dunning explores the proliferation of micro-aesthetics targeting young women in her Lilith 2024 essay.

Trump and Canadian Pearl-Clutching

James Cullingham

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November 18, 2024

Community contributor James Cullingham comes to bear on Canadians despairing the re-election of one Donald J. Trump, arguing that the popular response is revelatory of one of our worst tendencies as a nation.

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The 140 Billion Dollar Personality Cult

Katie Pedlar

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April 14, 2021

Katie Pedlar critiques the ethics and efficiency of high budget environmentalism. How does our fascination with technology convolute the priorities of environmentalism? And how are we to resist the charms of a handsome billionaire genius who claims to know what’s best?

Why Now is the Time to Talk About Tuition

Maggie Piper

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April 13, 2021

In this op-ed, Maggie Piper explains how COVID-19 has exacerbated the unaffordability crisis in post-secondary education in the province of Ontario, and how legislators and administrators alike have failed to respond to students needs. Piper asks, "Is our educational funding model prepared for the next crisis?"

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