Do student newspapers need public editors? The Varsity thinks so
The Varsity, one of the University of Toronto’s student newspapers, recently hired its first public editor. Sophie Borwein, the paper’s public editor, wrote in...
Anti-psychiatry scholarship provokes debate on academic freedom
The University of Toronto recently established a scholarship to promote “anti-psychiatry,” which has many people raising questions around academic freedom at university campuses.
Bonnie Burstow,...
Ottawa Women’s March attracts thousands of protesters
One hour before the Women’s March in Ottawa on Jan. 21, about 20 people stood at the Human Rights Memorial, chatting, smiling, and sipping...
App to track and monitor student depression
Michigan State University (MSU) is trying to tackle student depression by creating an app called iSee, meant to diagnose students for symptoms of depression.
The...
More than one million young Canadians victims of cyberbullying and cyberstalking: StatsCan
A recent Statistics Canada (StatsCan) study found about 17 per cent of the Canadian population aged 15-29—roughly 1.1 million Canadians—are victims of cyberbullying and...
