The end of the school year marks the achievement of another set of goals we put forth for ourselves. The end of another term filled with courses; another year which etched our path of education. When graduation arrives, it signals the end of training and the start of our journey into that monolithic ‘real world’ we keep hearing about.
It’s also a time for self-examination in order to find our place and ensure we are still in fact heading down the right path. This is not always easy to do and comes more readily to some rather than others.
Category: Editorial
Thursday, 19 April 2012 13:17
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Wednesday, 11 April 2012 16:30
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Over the past two weeks, one fact has been made abundantly clear: it’s tough to be a young Canadian.
According to Statistics Canada, youth unemployment sits at a staggering 13.9 per cent – nearly double the national average. Though that is almost a one per cent improvement over the previous month, the jobless rate for young Canadians has remained more-or-less stagnant for almost two years.
Wednesday, 04 April 2012 19:15
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At a time in the Sixties, the United States was in the throes of the greatest social unrest in its modern history, with campus turmoil across the country to demand civil rights for blacks, protest war, and call established power to account. In France, students and workers were in a state of revolt against their government. One academic of our acquaintance who had visited scenes of protest in both countries recalled arriving at Queen’s University and being immediately struck by how the campus was a state of ‘student rest.’
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 22:45
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When inexplicable incidents happen – those that are very hard to describe – there always seems to be a crop of people that unjustifiably misplace the blame. All too often the victim becomes the target for society’s attempts to regain some understanding of the world around them.
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 19:00
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Accidents caused by distracted driving are constantly popping up – drivers who were using their phones, putting on makeup, eating, reaching for something in the back seat, and drinking. Eight out of 10 accidents are caused by distracted driving according to a report conducted by Leger Marketing for Allstate Canada.
Thursday, 15 March 2012 06:30
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The Invisible Children awareness campaign, initiated as a means to bring to light – and ultimately to justice – Ugandan guerrilla leader Joseph Kony, certainly accomplished its goal of making the tyrannical head of the Lord’s Resistance Army famous.
Thursday, 08 March 2012 10:00
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Over the course of next week, elections for the Humber Students’ Federation take place and, for the duration of that voting period, the overwhelming majority of students will not notice. It will simply fail to register on many people’s radar.
Thursday, 01 March 2012 14:00
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With many post-secondary students already struggling financially and mentally to get themselves through their education, a new proposal by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities risks increasing that strain.
Thursday, 16 February 2012 07:30
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When we lose a widely admired celebrity, as we lost pop artist Whitney Houston on Saturday, it’s easy to fall susceptible to reflecting on what we’ll miss most about that star.
Thursday, 09 February 2012 17:45
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The Ontario Catholic School Trustees Association (OCSTA) issued a report in late January that said groups would be created within schools to address growing concerns towards bullying among teens. These groups, to be called “Respecting Differences” clubs, are mandated to allow for anyone prone to bullying, not just homosexuals, to join the club, including those who simply wish to curb the recent teenage suicides associated with bullying.