During an emergency UTMSU Board of Directors meeting that took place last Tuesday, several board members voiced concerns about the recent “midterm de-stressor” event, which was organized and carried out by UTMSU VP Equity and current presidential nominee Vickita Bhatt.
Questions were raised over the role of Bhatt in administrating the event, a role that should [...]

Vote Vickita Bhatt for PRESIDENT from the team STUDENTS UNITED!
Last year, as VP Equity of UTMSU, I helped organize numerous events like Take Back Your 24/5 Library and the first ever Taskforce on Campus Racism. If elected, Students United wants to work on splitting tuition fee payments on a per semester basis. We also want [...]

A second hate crimes investigation has been launched against former UTM student Salman Hossain for his writings on a website called Filthy Jewish Terrorist.
Police are probing Hossain’s postings on the Arizona-based site on which he insults Jews, Christians, and moderate Canadian Muslims.
The Bangladeshi-Canadian blogger claimed that “terrorism is typical Jewish behavior.” He blamed Jews for [...]

Last week, the Muslim Students’ Association held its annual Islam Awareness Week at UTM. Islam Awareness Week is the MSA’s largest event and includes a different theme every year. Titled “The Point of Origin,” this year’s theme examined the identity of God in religion as a whole.
For this purpose, Islam Awareness Week included lectures from [...]

Black History Month celebrations came to a close together with the end of February, but this did not keep participants from going out with style.
On February 26, the Black History Month closing ceremony: Black Rhythm show took centre stage at the Blind Duck. The event was a collaboration between the Erindale African Association and Caribbean [...]