By Lisa Nguyen
Giving spare change to panhandlers and donating to food banks are only short term remedies to alleviate the immediate impacts of homelessness. But the population of Calgarians without shelter has increased 900 per cent since 1992, indicating that the social epidemic is growing. To discuss these issues, the faculty of social work at the University… Continue reading Homeless conference looks at media
Nestled in the industrial section of southeast Calgary is a rather conspicuous building that looks much more like a country house than a manufacturing plant or a distributor. Inside, a group of people get together – some are new, but most are regulars. They meet here almost every month on a Wednesday night for an… Continue reading Beer, sex and . . . bugs?
By Lisa Nguyen
Science typically serves to advance human interests, but one professor disagrees. Scientists are conducting experiments where the risk factor is an “extinction event,” said Dr. William Leiss, a visiting lecturer from the University of Ottawa. New inventions that do not conform to precedents of scientific standardization become dangerously unregulated, he argued. Leiss held the research… Continue reading Online Only: Scientist explains risky science
By Lisa Nguyen
Dr. Norman Finkelstein’s controversial commentary on the Palestinian-Israeli dispute and his staunch critique of Israeli military actions have made him somewhat notorious. Last week, he visited the University of Calgary to deliver a pointed commentary of the Gaza conflict, which is deeply rooted in the political power struggle over a partition of land. Finkelstein believes… Continue reading Controversial Israel-Palestine speaker visits
With the Zimbabwe government perpetrating violence against its people, a group of lawyers works amidst destruction to protect victims. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights executive director Irene Petras and member Andrew Makoni were at the Glenbow museum Nov. 27 to speak about the human rights violations and hardships that Zimbabweans endure every day. ZLHR is… Continue reading Zimbabwe’s violence leads to inflation
While India’s fisheries seem like a world away, Canadians still struggle to help out. The Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute will show the film Fishing in the Sea of Greed at the University of Calgary on Nov. 25. The documentary looks at the rape and run effects of industrialization on the fishing industry in India. Overfishing of… Continue reading Indian fishing doc hooks viewers with sharp message
Do you remember learning about same gender families in kindergarten? About safe homosexual sex in grade 11 career and life management class? If these subjects came up, odds are it was spontaneously and not as part of the curriculum. U of C student Andrew Barry decided to confront why K-12 education remains predominantly heterosexist. Barry,… Continue reading Online Only: Event calls for sex education update
By Caeli Hann
The Department of Political Science and Latin American Research Centre will be hosting the event Payoke: Pioneering in the Fight Against Human Trafficking on Nov. 17. Patsy Sarensen, founder and director of the non-governmental organization Payoke, is also a member of the European Union Experts Group on Human Trafficking. She founded Payoke in 1988 to… Continue reading Online Only: Human rights a global issue
By Daniel Pagan
As the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are busy making arrests in the investigation of the two EnCana gas-pipeline bombings in British Columbia, national media commentator and terrorism expert Mercedes Stephenson warned that Albertan oil and gas installations could be vulnerable to a terrorist attack. She spoke at a Calgary conference for emergency officials Oct. 18.… Continue reading Albertan oil fields vulnerable to attack, warns expert
By Ryan Pike
As the dust settles from the Canadian election, our neighbours to the south are preparing to head to the polls Tuesday. The American general election will see voters cast ballots for president, vice president, 11 state governors, 35 senators and all 435 congressional seats. Throughout October, the University of Calgary’s Institute for United States Policy… Continue reading Obamarama and the American election