Winter 2015 SSMU General Assembly
The Daily liveblogs the General Assembly
FrontPage
Students stage SNAX sit-in
Right to sell sandwiches central to AUS’s negotiations with University
Isolated and left to die
Solitary confinement is “violent, vindictive, and discriminatory”
Rose tint my world
On Israeli pinkwashing and the co-opting of the Palestinian queer struggle
Meet the azotosomes
Researchers explore the possibility for life without oxygen
Performing change
Theatre of the Oppressed invites the audience to act
Building spaces for everyone
Students promote discussion on universal design in Engineering
Boycotting apartheid states
Panelists draw similarities between South Africa and Israel in SSMU-hosted event
Undergrads and post-grads adopt joint anti-austerity stance
SSMU-PGSS summit brings councillors together to coordinate lobbying efforts
Construction halts on alleged site of historical Indigenous village
Heritage preservation non-profit linked to construction company
The trouble with words
How saying ‘ethnic’ is dehumanizing and alienating
A dose of reality
Why better science communication is needed in the discourse around vaccines
Diversifying environmentalism
Rethinking what it means to be sustainable