Pride Perspectives An open letter reflecting on the history of LGBTQ+ rights
Photo C/O MSU Pride Community Centre By Miranda Clayton I recently took a trip to the Canadian Museum of History. In the Modern Canada section there was a display on human rights progress where I found myself confronted by how recent the past is. LGBTQ+ rights became included in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1995. Same sex marriage became legalized in 2005. I would say most Canadians see these rights as a obvious and...
If it’s broke, then try fixing it The importance of trying new approaches better learning and development
Photo from Silhouette Photo Archives By Owen Angus-Yamada It’s back to school and outlooks for the 2018-2019 semester are sure to be varied. As the masses wait in line at the campus store for freshly pressed textbooks or shuffle through the McMaster University Student Centre crowds, it can be assured that many are already preoccupied with their grade point standing, the bane of their existence or, other side of the coin, questioning...
What Welcome Week taught me How Welcome Week prepared one student for the school year
Photo from Silhouette Photo Archives By Kian Yousefi Kousha All through summer, I was thinking about my transition to McMaster University. I thought about meeting people, finding friends, learning lessons and getting advice. Welcome Week painted all of my thoughts with a colour of reality. It started with hearing customized chants in the move-in day and it ended with jumping up and down at Majid Jordan’s concert. Between the start and...
Pride for whom, exactly? Rainbow sidewalks mean very little without material support from institutions
Photo by Grant Holt By Lilian Obeng Over the course summer, city council voted in favour of paying public tribute to Hamilton’s LGBTQ+ community. The intersections in front of city hall and McMaster University, Summers Lane at Main Street West and Sterling Street respectively, now don brightly coloured trans and pride flags. The decision was met with praise across the board. McMaster University specifically seized on the opportunity...
The impact of Ford’s free speech policies A thought about what these policies mean for McMaster
Photo by Grant Holt by Ruchika Gothoskar Doug Ford, Ontario’s new premier, has set out guidelines that give Ontario universities until Jan. 1, 2019 to develop a free speech policy on campus, a hot-button topic among the Progressive Conservative party after several high-profile incidents involving speakers with conservative views. McMaster is no stranger to such engagements, after the highly contentious appearance of controversial...
