Humber journalism students on the job live U.S. election night coverage
ElectionsHumberInternationalNewsPoliticsPoliticsPoliticsSpecials Nov 17, 2024 0
Students volunteered to interview, write and post updates for the 2024 U.S. election on Nov. 5 at the North campus radio broadcast and newsroom, L building room L225. Students started gathering at 3:30 p.m. and the action plan and roles for the night didn’t start till 4 p.m. The... Read more
by Erika Damaala & Dela Dorkenoo The anticipated student protest over Chartwells food services was underwhelming at cafeterias on Lakeshore campus on Thursday Oct 10. Only four students showed up at the residence cafeteria. One of them was Kieran Baker, a student interviewed for the Skedline.com article published last... Read more
Humber College’s student government, IGNITE, hosted their annual special meeting of the members virtually on Wednesday, Sept. 10 with all attendees auto-muted and not visible on screen. This meeting happens annually at the start of the fall semester to briefly introduce students to the newly elected board, present the... Read more
In recent months as respiratory illness rises across the country, many Canadian healthcare experts have been asking the provincial governments to bring back mask mandates again. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore in a recent press conference ‘strongly recommended’ Ontarians to wear masking in public indoor settings.... Read more
NeedorGreed organized a protest in Queen’s Park on Nov. 17, 2022, for a freeze of tuition fees for international students. International students provide 68 per cent of tuition revenue which accumulated to be $1.7 billion last year which was more than colleges received in provincial grants. This event was... Read more
A crisis is an ambiguous word which defines the condition of thousands of hospitals, medical clinics, doctors’ offices, and long-term care homes face which is rising to unprecedented levels. It is hard to undermine the situation of these facilities until you are face-to-face with an emergency or medical illness.... Read more
The error of true crime
CultureEntertainmentFilmOpinion Oct 18, 2022
The public’s appetite for true crime has grown over recent years. Whether the story was delivered on a podcast, docuseries or movie, audiences will flock to listen to podcasts or watch films and TV shows about real-life cases murders, kidnappings, assaults, fraud and all the different variations of high-profile... Read more
How will lifting the restriction to work off-campus for over 20 hours affect international students?
Opinion Oct 12, 2022
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser’s announcement on Oct. 7 introduced a temporary measure of removing the previous 20 hour work-week limit for international students to grapple with labour shortages. This change will affect more than 500,000 eligible international students residing in Canada starting Nov. 15. This policy has been brought... Read more
Never did I think that I would be spending up to $150 per week to stock my kitchen. Grocery prices after the pandemic have been ruthless towards the City of Toronto, the one segment of the society that suffers from these would be students. On top of that, if... Read more
When Patagonia’s founder Yvon Chouinard announced earlier this month that he and his family are transferring the company’s shares to fight climate change, he was met with rightful praise for a move so radical in the current state of fashion. “Earth is now our only shareholder,” writes Chouinard in... Read more
