Trent student, Simal Iftikhar helped host a “Virtual Sleep Out” in collaboration with Peterborough Cares umbrella network in effort to raise money for youth and families experiencing homelessness. On March 26, several participants slept outside in their backyards or garages and were successful in raising $5000 for the YES Shelter for Youth and Families. The event was live streamed, during the event’s livestream, Iftikhar and her friend Jocelyn Enright were joined by Brooke Erickson, the Community Engagement Manager at Youth Emergency Shelter (YES) Shelter.

The Trent Vegan Society (TVS) is a registered group with the Trent Central StudentAssociation (TCSA) that has been active since September 2018. The founders Shira Rubinoff and Eliaz Tavares have promoted the importance of veganism through pay what you can bake sales, a kombucha brewing workshop, Annual General Meeting (AGM), and communal potlucks. In this interview with TVS, we learn about how this group has been engaging students during COVID-19 and how you can get more involved.

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?