The “Taking It Back” campaign launched in Allan Gardens on Sunday, Sept. 22 by the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP). The campaign demands the city expropriate buildings left empty by landlords, make the necessary repairs and turn it into viable social housing for the neighbourhood. They point to the past to show its been done before. OCAP’s Gaetan…
Karen Nickel Staff Reporter George Brown College’s (GBC) Public Safety and Security office is running their ‘Bike Safety Campaign‘.This campaign assists students by providing them with preventive information on how to keep bikes out of the hands of potential bike thieves. Most of the GBC campuses have bike racks that students can use to secure…
Karen Nickel Staff Reporter Private Manning has gone through a great deal since joining the U.S. Army in 2007. As an intelligence analyst stationed in Iraq in 2009, Pvt. Manning witnessed things so disturbing that sharing this information with the world became more important than their freedom. Now Manning has embarked on a new goal, to petition…
Karen Nickel Staff Reporter Syria dominates the news lately. The nation waits to find out if it will be the target of limited military strikes from the United States, backed up (in words) by Stephen Harper. The use of chemical weapons on Aug. 21 in Damascus pushed Obama across his ‘red line’ into considering military…
Each September, students find themselves getting familiar with the back of each other’s heads. It’s the back to school rush to line up. By Karen Nickel Each September, students find themselves getting familiar with the back of each other’s heads. It’s the back to school rush to line up. Line up at registration; line up…
Toronto is a large, diverse city and college campuses reflect that. But according to Statistics Canada’s 2012 Uniform Crime Report , incidents reported to Toronto Police Service have dropped by seven per cent from last year. By Karen Nickel, Staff Reporter Students coming to college (and their families) can have anxiety about safety and security while attending classes….
The Fifth Annual Four Sacred Colours Pow Wow took place on April 6 at Waterfront campus. Put on by the Sahkitcheway Aboriginal Student Association, the Pow Wow was packed with dancers, drummers, Elders and many children. By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter “I was here at 10 a.m setting up tables and preparing for the event….
This year writing for The Dialog, I have covered stories that have affected me deeply and will remain with me for a long time. By Karen Nickel This year writing for The Dialog, I have covered stories that have affected me deeply and will remain with me for a long time. These were about accessibility and…
Coffee just got a lot friendlier at St. James campus. A new, Fair Trade certified organic coffee spot that supports and mentors people with varying developmental challenges opened in front of the Kings Lounge. By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter Coffee just got a lot friendlier at St. James campus. A new, Fair Trade certified organic coffee…
By Karen Nickel DIALOG REPORTER Is protesting a thought crime? Montreal police have stated that people have the right to freedom of expression, but not the right to protest. The SPVM (Montreal’s police), since the “Higher Education Summit” in February, have used municipal by-law, P-6, to pre-emptively shut down protests before they even begin, labelling…
By Karen Nickel “E-Bikes, the most environmentally friendly way to stalk your ex”. Terrance Luscombe, a recent graduate of York University’s Masters of Environmental Studies, couldn’t believe what he saw. While walking in his Ossington and Bloor neighbourhood, he happened by Tev E-bikes, an e-bike retailer whose latest advertising campaign contained the phrase. The poster…
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter There is a case before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (HRT), in which the defendant, in an effort to put a stop to it, has spent over $3 million. The accused has been submitting requests to quash the charges since they were laid in 2007; before you get the impression…
