Jack FisherOriginally published June 4th 2019 It’s a strange time, isn’t it? We have access to as much information as we can possibly need at our finger tips. We live in a growing-ly interconnected world, and yet, the disconnectedness of people seems to be...
The 2018 Ontario election was three years ago yesterday. It was a busy day for me, I accomplished a lot, and there were small victories, but I still have one regret. I constantly wish I had berated the group of old conservative football dads who...
When I left my house this morning to drive around the neighbourhood (because what else is there to do), I mentioned to my mom that the Federal budget dropped today.her response was to say “we’re all going to be paying 75% in taxes for...
What media depicts police as the "good guys"? Why?
How did we get to the point where the default "centrist" position is that police are good?
I'm angry and out of hope, but I know we can't forget what has been done as we move into this third lockdown in Ontario.
I watched the impeachment of Donald Trump.
Both times.
Each time there was a simple fact being debated in the senate as they discussed whether to convict or acquit Trump.
They failed.
The Ontario Provincial government’s response to the pandemic is shameful.Businesses will close, people will be evicted, people will die, and none of it had to happen. This is from a government that has ignored experts since it took power. It...
Just because it happened in the past doesn’t mean it has to keep happening. Tradition is not law.Valour does not need violence. Lest we forget the thing we are implored to remember. War is bad, we should try to stop doing it. Those who...
I don’t like to talk about politics… . Is something we can no longer afford to say. Donald Trump has built a fascist administration and will try to steal the election tomorrow regardless of how the votes go. This post won’t save...
A lobster storage facility in Middle West Pubnico, Nova Scotia was set on fire this week following weeks of increasingly violent attacks on Mi’kmaw nation fishers. Early Wednesday morning, a pair of Mi’kmaq Lobster fishermen were...
Because historically, it’s theirs. I’ve seen some petitions making the social media rounds today about the Hagia Sophia in Turkey. Erin O’Toole tweeted about it, and the Pope said he was disappointed.The Pope saying he’s...
This is horrifying.Remember when Notre Dame was burning and the world watched in horror?Notre Dame, by comparison, was intriguing, inanimately morbid, but an exciting curiosity. Sadness was a feeling we felt too, but curiosity was prevailing.You...
The original PragerU clip can be found in full here: However, I show all of the clip throughout my response video. Below I have posted the script for my video. I didn’t upload captions, but you can follow along with my argument here: NOTE...
I contend that you should consider that police are the direct result of a broken system that was built on violence meant specifically to divide our population along racial lines.This violence has hundreds of years of history going back to before...
We need to talk. Before the pandemic started, one of the biggest news stories was the pipeline protesters on the Wet’suwet’en territory in B.C. At the University of Guelph, a group of students who have been advocating for fossil fuel divestment for...
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...
I know well the stress that comes from hosting a public meeting as a student leader. As the organizer of an event like the meeting IGNITE hosted on Wednesday, you know everything that’s going on, and your ideas and your stance seem so incredibly...
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...
Spending amounts do not equate to substantial or equivalent programs. NOTE: Before reading, please see the following articles as reference:May 2 2019, Toronto Sun – Lilley: Red protesters call for Ford’s head to be chopped offMay 6 2019...
[Originally read aloud to the CSA Board of Directors] Surely at this point in the news cycle, you’ve seen the acronym “OSAP” cross your newsfeed at least once. Maybe you’ve seen the headline exclaiming that the province of Ontario is decreasing post...
I would ask you to bear with me as I work my way through this idea: Peaceful protest is dead. Maybe not entirely, but certainly in the traditional, over-romanticized context. As I write this it is Saturday January 28th 2017. One week ago yesterday...
“You can turn your back/but it won’t go away” (Billy Talent, 2009) Why has that song been stuck in my head this past week? I feel like it has a pretty potent message, but the one line that stood out to me was from the first verse, “If you have to...
This one will be short… Over the summer I had some serious issues with working retail. I came up with some ideas that would radically change the way workplaces functioned, but the people I talked to about it said that it...
More thoughts from the head of a student: People just don’t care. I don’t know if they ever really have. You’re running an event? Leave me alone.You’re trying to raise awareness for something? Screw off.You’re doing, writing, making, drawing...
It is the day after St Paddy’s on the University of Guelph campus. People are wandering around as if it were Sunday morning. The grogginess of their night perceivable through their collective gait, but no one questions the out of place hang-overs or...
