Jack FisherMerilee Fullerton, Ontario minister of long-term care, announced Tuesday that Ontario would begin a review of the long-term care system set to start in September. “Over the next several months, our government will be finalizing details of the...
Post-secondary education will look like a computer screen this fall. As post-secondary schools develop solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic, many are deciding to keep classes online in the fall, and continue physical-distancing protocols determined by...
Children who are infected by COVID-19 could be at risk of a rare inflammatory illness. Ontario Minister of Health, Christine Elliot, issued a statement today about “multisystem inflammatory vasculitis,” a side effect of COVID-19 that has appeared in...
There’s an oft-cited statistic that humans are anywhere from 80% – 95% water. What seems inescapable is that water is an incredibly important part of daily life. People die when they cannot access it. Much of the surface of our planet is covered in...
Imagine if half of all elected officials in the government resigned on the same day. Imagine how wayward that would make our political landscape. We would be looking at half-baked campaigns for weeks as parties scrambled to field enough candidates...
What is happening at Ryerson is an absolute tragedy. To unpack the conundrum, the first question to ask is “why do student unions matter”? For many people outside the echo chamber of academia, student unions are no more than a slightly older version...
A personal experience. In the summer of 2018, a small group of students at the University of Guelph had the opportunity to meet with the top three candidates for the new Vice-Provost – Student Affairs. I was one of about ten students who...
This article from the Financial Post doesn’t really seem to have a point except that it seems to think taxes are wrong? Don’t read this article: Posthaste: Canada’s top 10% of earners pay 54% of taxes — but here’s the kicker, many are...
IGNITE expected to shift governance structure on Wednesday Image from The Avro Post WHAT’S GOING ON? On Wednesday January 20th, the student union that represents both Humber College and University of Guelph-Humber students is holding a General...
It has only been 10 days since the Ukrainian Airlines plane was shot down in Iran. It feels like it has been so much longer. The global response was quick, and Canada’s response has been empathetic and proactive. I see, on a regular basis, criticism...
