CANADA’S THIRD LARGEST UNIVERSITY WITH AN EXPERIENCE LIKE NONE OTHER. Molly McFarlane, President I am from a small town, located north of the GTA. Not knowing much, I decided to move out east for my first year of University. Little did I know this small, albeit adorable town had a smaller shopping mall (if you can […]
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The Teachers College Dilemma
THE EDUCATION PROGRAM: THIRTY CREDITS OF TRAUMA Ana-Maria Jerca, Staff Writer Everybody who has been accepted to the Bachelor of Education program has undergone the same scrutiny: "Why do you want to be a teacher?" We all know what not to answer and many of us frown upon the myth that teachers only work 6 hours […]
The Tragic Thing About Minorities
In her autobiography, La détresse et L'enchantement, Gabrielle Roy writes of her identity as a Franco-Manitoban. Existing between the two separate worlds of French and English, she ultimately comes to embrace her bilingual and bicultural identities. When meeting with the director of her teaching institution, he briskly informs her: “The tragic thing about minorities is […]
