In a culture that constantly sends work-related notifications to people increasingly obsessed with achievement, leisure has ceased to exist.
Sugar taxes aren’t about punishment—they nudge people toward less sugary alternatives.
Diminishing print success has made traditional media outlets across Canada vulnerable, and the federal government has taken note.
Disliking a room packed with 200 people at 8:30 a.m. is no reason to give up on lectures.
If we don’t post our daily experiences on Instagram, Snapchat, or Facebook, they didn’t really happen.
In the case of McGill University’s Redmen sports teams, the name carries the impact of unadulterated racism—regardless of its intent.
A person sleeping on a bench or asking for change doesn’t capture the full scope of homelessness.
Whether you’re an artist designing a website or an astronomer observing the galaxy, computer science impacts every discipline.
Students pursuing liberal arts degrees face more criticism than their peers in other disciplines because of their major’s perceived irrelevance in the job market.
While dashboard cameras are installed in cars to protect safety, they’re not there to infringe on privacy.
Acknowledging the damages of climate change is a first step—but acknowledgment without immediate action accomplishes nothing.
Facebook’s expanded fact-checking practice doesn’t overstep the line, but it does call public media literacy into question.
Job security for professors encourages a culture of personalized knowledge—but across Canada, that isn’t yet a consistent reality.
An app pressuring friends into voting is the wrong solution to low voter turnout, but it’s a step in the right direction.
Mandatory courses with required attendance only add stress in an already high-pressure environment—especially for working students.
For patients in need of comfort, prescriptions for free museum visits could beat the blues of illness.
A dress code that interrupts class to call a skirt “distracting” isn’t just unproductive—it’s inappropriate.
When a student goes into medical distress mid-exam, it’s fair for their classmates to assume university protocols will provide swift care.
A provincial government that asserts its leadership by scrapping valuable social policies without any replacement endangers its population.
Universities have a responsibility to provide accessible, timely, and professional mental health care to students—but Queen’s misses the mark.
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