Editor for The Dialog shortlisted for John H. MacDonald Journalism Award
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporer The Canadian University Press (CUP) has released the short list of nominees for their 2012 John H. MacDonald Journalism Awards and The Dialog has reason to celebrate! The...
View ArticleThe greatest swindle in Toronto’s history
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor Toronto exists because of one of the biggest swindles you can think of. In 1787, the British Crown first made what was known as the Toronto Purchase from the...
View ArticleThe campus press is a watchdog, don’t chain it
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor This week has seen the campus press making the news and much as covering it. The Gazette at Western University is in a hot dispute with the University Students’ Council...
View ArticleWhat a hitchhiker with a hatchet can tell us
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor When you read the phrase “hatchet-wielding hitchhiker” what image pops into your head? Are you thinking about a horror-story told as a cautionary tale about the dangers...
View ArticleNo one should have a friend die on the streets
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor Some people choose to live on the streets of Toronto throughout the winter. That’s right, I said they choose to live on the streets. But the choice they make is a...
View ArticleSA election: racist slur or cross-cultural gaffe?
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor The trouble started with a light-hearted photo on the campaign trail of Yuchen Sun, who is running for the director of Finance and Operations, by her running mate on...
View ArticleArts and Design students’ demand for polling station rejected
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor On March 7, Evan Murray, the chief returning officer for the Student Association (SA) election, released a public statement outlining the reasons that he rejected a...
View ArticleTuition increase a sign of an underfunded system
By Mick Sweetman Recently while taking the subway in the morning rush there was an almost business-as-usual delay that left hundreds, perhaps even more than a thousand people crammed onto the...
View ArticleStudent unions need the campus press
Student unions and the campus press are two things that go together like a spark to gasoline. When it’s done right you can take the energy and use it to propel the best interests of students as far as...
View ArticlePetition wants to change the name of Victoria Day
A petition supported by a number of famous Canadian authors, actors, musicians and politicians wants to change the name of Victoria Day to “Victoria and First Peoples Day” By Mick Sweetman Dialog Staff...
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