How homophobic is UBC?
Many say students’ pro-rape and racist chants are part of a bigger problem that needs addressing.
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Outrage at UBC renewed as racist chant alleged
As the University of B.C. is set to reveal its findings Wednesday about the use of an infamous rape chant, new allegations have surfaced that students also shouted a chant that mocked aboriginals during FROSH week activities.
FROSH events abandoned over rape chants
A growing outcry over orientation-week chants encouraging rape has led student leaders at the University of B.C. to abandon their FROSH celebrations altogether, pledging more education on the issue of sexual assault.
Returning students face housing hurdles
As thousands of university and college students gear up for fall classes, the hunt is on for scarce housing in the Lower Mainland.
Surrey School District passes anti-homophobia regulation
More than a decade after their predecessors waged a battle to ban gay-friendly books from their school district’s classrooms, the Surrey school board’s trustees passed an anti-homophobia regulation June 20.
Mary Brave Bird, Author of Lakota Woman, Walks On
American Indian activist, author and educator Mary Ellen Brave Bird-Richard walked on at age 58 on February 14, of natural causes.
Education consultations marred by bloody Saskatoon skirmish
The federal government’s attempt to consult First Nations across the country over its proposed First Nations Education Act remain controversial, with some taking part in a series of meetings, and others pledging to boycott them.
Know your rights cards ‘prioritize’ sex worker safety, say advocates
Sex workers in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside will soon be getting special wallet-sized cards educating about their rights with police, thanks to two advocacy groups — Pivot Legal Society and Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV).
‘Power of Youth’ Unleashed
Rebel page Brigette DePape co-edits myth-busting book. Who says today’s young generation is apathetic?
Photo: Casseroles protest arrests
Vancouver police arrested seven more Casseroles solidarity protesters on June 27, with reports of sexual harassment and beatings that sent one to hospital.
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