Woodsworth College will bring an added touch of glamour to the Royal Ontario Museum on February 27 with Rock the Runway, their third annual charity fashion show. The event has been wildly successful in the past, raising over $10,000 for War Child Canada. This year is proving to be no exception. The event was conceptualized…

Scholars from Canada, the U.S., and Hong Kong discussed return migration at “Home Sweet Home: Return Migration to Hong Kong and its Implications,” a conference held on February 17 at the Canada Hong Kong Library and organized by the Asian Institute at U of T. The conference attracted a crowd of professionals and students with…

While Canada's own parliament remains suspended, student delegates from high schools and universities across the country have convened in the Ontario Legislative Assembly at Queen's Park for the inaugural session of U of T's Model Parliament (UTMP). The delegates will simulate parliamentary proceedings from Feb. 10-12, debating three case studies: education, the environment, and First…

It would have been difficult to ignore the posters plastered around campus in January: a woman with a 70s afro, caught in a passionate lunge against a striking red backdrop, the words Xpression Against Oppression scrawled along the bottom. It was rebellious, so passionate. It made you want to jolt yourself out of your apathy…

Not all British Columbians share Premier Gordon Campbell’s belief that the 2010 Vancouver Olympics will be “an incredible economic stimulant.” Concerns have been raised repeatedly about the real import of the games, and about the way in which the provincial government has gone about staging them. After Vancouver won its hosting bid in 2006, residents…

A new student budget report has its coauthors and UTSU embroiled in a finger-pointing battle, as it contains allegations that $200,000 in levies from the Health and Dental Plan budget were misallocated.

The statistics are appalling, however one looks at them. Toronto has Canada’s largest homeless population, and over 10,000 of them are under the age of 24. Faced with chronic unemployment, physical abuse, and a suicide rate almost 100 times the national average, they are one of Canada’s most at-risk—and least cared-for—demographics. But just a short…

The recent spate of deaths on Toronto streets has people thinking about the ways that our car-centric culture interacts with pedestrians and cyclists.

There was a telling crescendo in the voices of the crowd gathered at Dundas Square as they sang out “we stand on guard for thee” during the national anthem. An estimated 7,000 people came out on January 23 as part of a cross-country rally, organized through Facebook by Canadians Against Proroguing Parliament (CAPP), to protest…

U of T's latest meeting has stirred up discussion about the university’s decision-making processes. After three hours in Simcoe Hall on Jan. 21 without any concrete, mutual dialogue, students and staff are concerned that U of T's administration has become too wrapped up bureaucratic red tape.

When you spend long, bleary-eyed hours studying at Robarts, it may sometimes feel as if the library is your second home. For students Afton Chadwick and Lorenzo Somma, the nightmare has become a reality. The two have set up camp on the first floor from Jan. 23 to 30 in support of Live-in for Literacy,…

Candidates are scrambling to prepare for a provincial by-election on Feb. 4 in Toronto Centre, one of the city's two downtown ridings. Premier Dalton McGuinty called the election after Liberal MPP George Smitherman resigned on Jan. 4 to run in Toronto's mayoral race. The main candidates are Glen Murray (Liberal), an openly gay ex-mayor of…