Making the most of online class: Do’s and don’ts

Maria Baini, Editor. Having trouble keeping up with assignments this semester, struggling to pay attention during lectures, and hitting the snooze button a little too often are just a few of the struggles that us students are going through this semester. This school year has certainly been a rollercoaster for both students and professors as we’ve shifted…

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Mark the date, mark your ballot: Increasing youth voter turnout in municipal elections.

Hannah Baillie, Editor. Civic engagement amongst Canada’s youth population is declining. In the 2019 federal election, only 54 per cent of eligible voters aged 18-24 cast their ballot. And the problem extends well beyond federal politics. In Halifax’s 2016 municipal election, only 31.7 per cent of eligible voters turned out to vote.  With the upcoming mayoral election on…

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