Who is local?

Using visa status to determine residency is wrong

By Bharat | 2016-08-04 | Policy

Using visa status to determine residency, and providing no sensible exceptions for locals with alternative paper work is lazy and thoughtless policy making

Culture

Black and white silhouette of a hand

Imprints

I left handprints everywhere.

Reflections on safety and ways of being…

Policy

Dallas Rd, Marine Drive, Victoria, BC

Buying ourselves out of homes

Political will and housing affordability.

Renting and buying homes, for BC residents, is becoming less and less affordable. We’re experiencing the result of decades of deregulation and rabid speculation…

Culture

Booth and Bones pose in front of Medussa

The Evil Woman trope

Over-representation of women as perpetrators of violence in crime shows.

In which the Evil Women trope is discussed. Women are over-represented as evil villains, murderers and criminal masterminds …

Art

A variety of images and panels by Lumberjanes

Friendship to the Max! A Review of Lumberjanes!

A supercool review of a supercool comic series.

I recently discovered Lumberjanes, a comic published by Boom! Box, an offshoot of Boom! Studios. I strongly recommend …

Media

Colby Cosh says Stephen Marche is a cunt

That time Colby Cosh called Stephen Marche a cunt: casual misogyny among Canadian journalists

I see dudes everywhere.

In which Colby Cosh calls Stephen Marche a cunt, and then Jonathan Kay and Stephen Marche and Andrew Coyne totally miss the point …

Policy

Image of push button to activate crossing signal with hashtag Don't Make Me Beg

Retire the beg button

No more pushing buttons!

It’s time for us to walk without pushing buttons, and our community plans prioritize people walking, so, #DontMakeMeBeg…

The GI Joe Fallacy: knowing is not half the battle

Overcoming cognitive bias takes more than knowing.

By Sherwin Arnott | 2015-05-31 | Science

When it comes to the cognitive biases that shape human and nonhuman animal behaviour, knowing about the fallacy is not always enough …

Keeping solidarity for workers

Grappling with loyalty and worker solidarity in a competitive market place.

By Meghan Jezewski | 2014-09-25 | Culture

When workers ask for more for themselves and their families, and their communities, every worker benefits. And yet, recently I noticed that some folks have a distinct lack of strength and solidarity …