“It’s such an intersectional topic,” says Alanah Correia, the curator of Our Bodies, Our Blood, a menstrual-themed art show opening at Plan B on Tuesday. “It’s not just about femininity and gender issues but it’s also environmental, political, religious and so on.” After attending a fertility workshop with a pal last January, Correia realized that […]
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NSPIRG’s Re-orientation plan
Traditionally, universities welcome new students with a week’s worth of orientation tedium—think tours of the campus, barbeque on the quad with 3,000 other awkward frosh, boring welcoming speeches by academic pooh-bahs. A sleepy student is a prepared student, is the idea. But the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group is breaking that mold with its […]
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How to get your garden growing
Craving homegrown tomatoes but just don’t have the space on your balcony? Want to eat potatoes planted with your own hands but just don’t have the soil base in your yard? Looking to meet the people in your community while doing something rewarding? Consider joining a community garden in your neighbourhood this summer. Not only […]
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NSPIRG faces funding cut
A group of students led by a recruiter for the provincial Young Progressive Conservatives is putting NSPIRG’s feet to the fire. The left-leaning Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group, a fixture on Dalhousie’s campus for nearly 20 years, faces loss of its core funding from the Dalhousie Student Union if a controversial motion passes at […]
