This September, Canadian universities have been grappling with issues ranging from racial slurs to unruly street parties. The Journal has summarized some of this month’s headlines from student papers across the country.
Senior Fellow at U of T’s Massey College criticized for racial slur
On September...
Indigenous professor on UBC sexual assault committee resigns due to reinstated keynote speaker
Contention has risen at UBC after John Furlong, the CEO of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, was reinstated as the keynote speaker at an athletics event.
Furlong’s presence at the event was the subject...
Laval University: Security tightened after reports of sexual assault
Quebec City police are currently investigating four separate incidents at Laval University for breaking and entering, two of which include complaints of sexual touching.
The suspect in question is believed to be in his twenties,...
Ryerson: Vegan burger that’s not actually vegan
It was revealed this week by The Eyeopener, Ryerson’sstudent paper, that The Ram in the Rye, a Ryerson campus pub, had been serving a vegan quinoa burger that wasn’t actually 100 per cent vegan.
The burger, included on the menu in an attempt to accommodate...
Students at the University of British Columbia were shaken this Friday by news of another sexual assault on their campus after a year of sexual assault controversies.
A string of assaults occurred at UBC in 2013, according to a CBC report, with several of these incidents involving the same assailant.
The...
Student paper exposes unequal toilet paper distribution at Ryerson
Controversy reared its head at Ryerson when The Eyeopener — the university`s student newspaper — discovered an unfair distribution of two-ply toilet paper on Campus.
While student washrooms are almost exclusively stocked with one-ply...
Protesting tuition increases
Dozens of Quebec students occupied the office of the Quebec Ministry of Finance on March 24 to protest a tuition increase. As of 2012, tuition for students studying in Quebec will increase annually by $325 per student. The increase will continue for five years.Quebec Minister...