Opinion

Op-Eds

Book Review of Notes on a Beermat by Nicholas Pashley
By
J.A. Forrester
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February 18, 2026
Nicholas Pashley's "Notes on a Beermat" is a critique of modern pubs and how they have fallen from their traditional role within communities.
A Lifetime with The Lord of the Rings
By
Wesley Braid
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February 17, 2026
Wesley Braid recently watched his (second) favourite trilogy of all time in the theatres and breaks down the once in a life time experience.
Dancing my way through the short life: life with a little known syndrome
Dancing my way through the short life: life with a little known syndrome
By
Caitlin Coe
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February 12, 2016
The Voluntary Marginalization of Male Volunteers
The Voluntary Marginalization of Male Volunteers
By
Cornel Grey
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October 17, 2011
This Isn’t a You Problem
This Isn’t a You Problem
By
Madison Mäe Adsetts
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February 17, 2026
From campuses to cities to screens, modern life is built for efficiency, not belonging. Let me connect the dots.
S.H.A.R.E. the Health
S.H.A.R.E. the Health
By
Keanna Brown
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February 13, 2026
While the film only lasted thirteen minutes, S.H.A.R.E. led me to re-evaluate my own feminist ways.
Who Told You to Think Like That?
Who Told You to Think Like That?
By
Madison Mäe Adsetts
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January 5, 2026
How institutions script our voices, silence our instincts, and shape the questions we’re allowed to ask.
Screen & Souls
Screen & Souls
By
Madison Mäe Adsetts
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November 11, 2025
A plea for wonder in a world that has mistaken data for divinity.
The Death of the Filler Episode
The Death of the Filler Episode
By
Indigo Moran
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October 16, 2025
The disappearance of dead-end plots is symptomatic of a new age of TV writing.
Gentrifying the Heart (or On Polyamory, Power, and Who Gets to Be Really Radical in Peterborough)
Gentrifying the Heart (or On Polyamory, Power, and Who Gets to Be Really Radical in Peterborough)
By
Marisol Campos-Navarrete
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August 19, 2025
What does a political economy of polyamory look like?
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A Better Way to Talk About Crime
A Better Way to Talk About Crime
By
Alexia Kambanis
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March 16, 2021
In her second article of this series, Alexia Kambanis introduces a counter-example to her initial criticisms of local crime reporting: Arthur Newspaper! She explores how crime has been covered in Arthur's pages, and argues for crime reporting that accounts for context and empathy.
On Trent Land: An ED-ucation
On Trent Land: An ED-ucation
By
Francene Francis
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March 3, 2021
Francene Francis interviews Edward (Ed) Smith, of the Society for Ecological Restoration, a student group at Trent. They discuss his views on the recently approved Trent Lands and Nature Areas Plan, its environmental implications and what is says about Trent's future. Ed shares some of his environmental passions and the great work SER-TU has been up to in the past few years.