Shopping alone: On the death of the department storeOn each floor of the Hudson’s Bay department store, luxury goods stale under fluorescent light. It prides itself on DKNY and Calvin Klein. It offers Levi’s and Breville and the Wonderbra. They stew in uninhabited air and have mildewed. They wait for buyers who never show. A scuffed white hue, presumably pampered many decades ago, […] Continue Reading |
No books allowed: What libraries face when challenges hit shelvesWhen it comes to distribution of books, there’s always a question of propriety and the follow-up of censorship. The subsequent challenging, shadow banning, or outright banning of books is most common in school libraries and curriculum-required books for students of high-school age and younger. This problem is most heavily documented south of the border in […] Continue Reading |
The funding desert: How Budget 2025 leaves post-secondary strandedThe provincial government’s Budget 2025 ignores what students are up against. A crisis of funding brought on by international student enrolment caps, increasing numbers of layoffs at post-secondary institutions across BC, and closing campuses have left students floundering in the midst of their education. The future workforce has been decidedly neglected. But this is nothing […] Continue Reading |
The Canadian women’s movement: Where we come from. Where we stand.Why has society so viciously disadvantaged women? It shouldn’t be a skill-testing question: the answer is patriarchy. Patriarchy is a social system in which men hold primary power and authority in political, social, and economic spheres. It’s not limited to individual relationships—it extends to societal structures, cultural norms, and legal systems that perpetuate male dominance […] Continue Reading |
Across the Pacific: The spark that led me hereThe decision to move to Canada probably started many years ago without my even realizing it. Looking back, I’ve always been a nomad, independently chasing my dreams within my home country—the Philippines, a nation of 7,641 islands. I was 19 when I decided to leave my hometown and explore life beyond my comfort zone. In […] Continue Reading |
Love letters: Tales of dating–the good, the bad, and the unpleasantHaylie Ewing contributing writer Growing up in a group of friends more focused on video games than relationships, the topic of flirting and romance rarely came up. I wasn’t really interested in dating, either; I enjoyed watching high-school love drama from afar. That is, until I met this guy when we were both 16. We […] Continue Reading |
A man-made loneliness epidemic: Whys and hows of a North American inflictionThere was for a long stretch during my formative life a profound seclusion under blankets, enveloped only in the everyday thoughts and experiences of my sole personhood, and with the online interaction I felt required to permit. This period involved little communication with those I was, although at a time less inclined to admit, emotionally […] Continue Reading |
A system in decline: A timeline of international-student policy changesJanuary 22, 2024 – Minister of immigration, refugees, and citizenship Marc Miller announces that the government of Canada is implementing a cap on international student permit applications for two years. According to the federal government, the new measures were put in place to ensure that international students have the proper support when entering Canada and […] Continue Reading |
The stories that shaped 2024: A time capsuleMoney being top of mind for students is nothing new, but in recent years the situation has become more dire. This was reflected not only in my own feature story on money troubles, but also in a number of other articles throughout the year. From the federal budget breakdown (by Dan Ellerton) to tips on […] Continue Reading |
I am a purple warrior: Life as a Camosun student with epilepsyWe all know the story of Alice falling into the rabbit hole on her way to Wonderland, where she encounters an entirely unknown world. Like Alice, I also stumbled into a strange place full of curiosity and fear, unexpectedly seeing a different world I was unfamiliar with. But, unlike Alice, I did not meet a […] Continue Reading |
