April 1, 2013 9:06 pm
A recently passed bill in the House of Commons will make discrimination on the grounds of gender identity prohibited, a move that is being celebrated by many.
March 25, 2013 5:38 pm
The budget titled “Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity” introduces new skills training and job creation measures, many of which are targeted at Canada’s youth.
March 11, 2013 8:56 pm
Shire Canada, a biopharmaceutical company that focuses particularly on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), is creating a scholarship program for Canadian adults who suffer from the disorder.
March 11, 2013 8:46 pm
When Stephen Harper emphatically announced in the House of Commons last spring that his government would not reopen the abortion debate, many Canadians thought that Tory MPs would cease.
March 9, 2013 1:47 am
One of CFS's longest lasting campaigns, entitled End the Ban, hopes to repeal this policy, on the basis that it is founded on outdated science and stereotypes of the queer demographic. With no regard given to the usage of protection or a male's knowledge of his sexual partner's background being accounted for, CFS feels that the MSM policy, as mandated by the regulating organization Health Canada, is a clear case of discrimination.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz has just released a new collection of short stories titled This Is How You Lose Her, which he read from at the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) last weekend. The Strand sat down with him to discuss his new work.
I didn’t think much of you the first time we met. I was young and ignorant and you were just amongst the other 26 letters hidden somewhere in the middle, quiet and passive. I apologize now for the way I neglected you. Remembering all of those hours wasted with vowels — those damn popular vowels.
In October 2011, 85 per cent of students who voted said yes to a redistribution of $10.35 from their tuition to help fund and support a new radio station. Despite an attempt to reclaim the 88.1 FM frequency, which included what Ryerson President Sheldon Levy called “a huge amount of work,” Radio Ryerson lost the bid.