In this show we reflect on Sept. 11th and how imperialism has used it to propel war on the people around the Globe. In our feature interview, we focus on the ‘Defederation Campaign’ and how and why students are organizing to defederate from the Canadian Federation of Student. Through our conversation with Ashleigh Ingle, …
by Nicole Oliver (photos by Alex Felipe) “Detachment is not indifference. It is the prerequisite for effective involvement. Often what we think is best for others is distorted by our attachments to our opinions. We want others to be happy in the way we think they should be happy. It is only when we want …
by Julian Ichim On May 15th, people gathered at the Queen St. Commons to participate in a popular education workshop on Venezuela. The workshop started with Santiago Escobar of the Popular Front Hugo Chavez Network discussing the history of Venezuela’s struggle against imperialism. He then went on to discuss the role of corporate media in …
“TYP is under attack” by Shahzali Samah The Transitional Year Program (TYP) at the University of Toronto (U of T) St.George Campus is a historically significant program in education. TYP has the distinction of being the first full time access and equity program in the University of Toronto. For the past 43 years, TYP has …
by Noaman G. Ali “I just want to help children,” a voice called out in English from a clothing store in Thamel, a tourist area of Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital city. I saw a young white woman walking out of the store, and my curiosity got the better of me. “You want to help children?” …
By Soledad Superville On Feb 13th a town hall meeting was held by students of U of T’s Transitional Year Program (TYP) to talk about the latest threat to the 43 year old program’s existence. The Provost (administration) of the university is attempting to break-up the program to merge TYP with the less successful Woodsworth …
By Hassan Reyes. A report released this week by the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) shows that an alarming number of students suffer from feelings of insecurity and stress, particularly about their future. The Toronto District School Board’s, the largest school board in the country conducted a survey in 2011 with more than 100,000 students …
by Jordy Cummings Across Ontario, teachers have been mounting resistance to the newly enacted provincial bill 115, which effectively removes the right of collective bargaining and the right to strike of all public sector workers. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) are in a legal strike position and as of Monday Dec. 10, are …
Quebec student leader charged for role in student movement Faces heavy fine, jail time Editor – Revista Encuentro QUEBEC, QC – Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, a spokesperson for the student group CLASSE that organized the Quebec Student strike of 2012 that reversed tuition hikes and brought down the Liberal government that implemented them, has been found guilty …
By Louisa Worrell The student movement in Quebec has won a major victory: we have forced the incoming government to promise to stop the tuition fee hike and to nullify the anti-constitutional Law 12, a law created to break the student movement. After 6 long months of being on strike and hundreds of thousands of …
