Ayesha Lye

Tag: Arthur Newspaper

  • How to get something done at Peterborough City Hall

    —

    by

    Ayesha Lye
    in

    Originally published: http://www.trentarthur.ca/how-to-get-something-done-at-peterborough-city-hall/ Say you have a great idea for Peterborough. It’s a very reasonable project or policy that would vastly improve the quality of life for residents of the city. It’s something that would fall under the purview of the municipal government, (e.g. improving sidewalk accessibility). How would you go about getting it done?…

  • Divestment Week campaign sparks political controversy for OPIRG

    —

    by

    Ayesha Lye
    in

    Ontario Public Interest and Research Group (OPIRG) Peterborough has been the site of many controversies and incidents over the past few weeks, largely stemming out of controversial topics like boycott and divestment sanctions, particularly those sanctions geared toward Israel. The week of January 26, OPIRG hosted a series of workshops, debates, lectures, and films called…

  • Part-Time Student Association sets its sights on merger with TCSA

    —

    by

    Ayesha Lye
    in

    The Trent Part-Time Students Association (TPSA) will be holding an online referendum between March 9 and 12 to seek an answer from part-time students as to whether or not they want to merge with the Trent Central Student Association (TCSA). As it stands now, the TPSA and TCSA offer students services separately and to different…

  • Queering the bro: Arenalodge exhibition on at Artspace

    —

    by

    Ayesha Lye
    in

    Bro-ness: “Men that trust each other and are able to be relaxed with each other,” according to Will, one half of art team Kris & Will. “The problem is that American masculine bro-ness is often misogynistic and homophobic. Those things are bad, obviously. So we are trying to investigate those bro rituals in a way…

  • Membership votes to rescind boycott of Israeli apartheid

    —

    by

    Ayesha Lye
    in

    At the annual general meeting (AGM) held January 29, Trent Central Student Association (TCSA) members voted to rescind the “Boycott and Divestment from Israeli Apartheid” policy resolution. The policy was adopted in the TCSA’s 2013 AGM and stipulated that the TCSA would condemn the apartheid in Israel, and participate in an academic, cultural, and consumer…

  • “Hey! What Subway do you work at?”

    —

    by

    Ayesha Lye
    in

    Last Wednesday was an average Wednesday. I wrote an article for Arthur, I did readings for class, and ate breakfast. I stepped out of my house and was making my way to the bus to go to class. At the corner of Reid St and Charlotte St, I paused for the traffic signal to change.…

  • Trent announces new interdisciplanary Masters of Education

    —

    by

    Ayesha Lye
    in

    In July 2015, the School of Education and Professional Learning at Trent will be welcoming the inaugural class of graduate students who will be completing a Master’s of Education program (M.Ed.). The Master’s of Education is a two-year part-time program that is geared toward professionals of various fields looking to further their career into the…

  • East bank tipi desecrated for third time since September

    —

    by

    Ayesha Lye
    in

    What should have been a celebration of Indigenous culture at the Haudenoshaunee Social was marred by the discovery of the east bank tipi’s desecration. On November 18, members of the First People’s House of Learning (FPHL) and the Trent University Native Association (TUNA) discovered that this sacred space had been used as a venue for…

  • Big changes coming to Part Time Student Association

    —

    by

    Ayesha Lye
    in

    At present, certain concerns about the governance of Trent’s Part Time Students Association (TPSA) have led to discussions about new directions for the organization in order to provide better support for Trent’s growing part time student community. Currently, an executive board governs the organization, and executive director Helen Wallis looks after the day-to-day operations. However,…

  • Precarious Peterborough: Living on the edge of poverty

    —

    by

    Ayesha Lye
    in

    Originally published: http://trentarthur.ca/precarious-peterborough-living-on-the-edge-of-poverty/ The number of people living precariously in the city of Peterborough and in Canada has been growing in the past few decades. To live precariously is to live without certainty of income and without the security of self that comes with it. It is a sociological and political term that is used…