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Vol. 7, No. 2 (Oct/Nov 2014)

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Herongate residents contend with below-grade conditions and a rent increase, while councilors and developers mingle

Wet’suwet’en Nation and allies protest policing and attacks

Rethinking Ottawa’s Transit System: A bold proposal for free transit in a city designed for cars

Trial begins for police officer charged in Abdi’s death

Ottawa Police Shooting

Ford’s Many Tentacles: Degrading OSAP and undermining student organizations through student “choice” and tuition bribes

10 Years of The Leveller: Will this year be our last?

A Timeline of Ottawa Police Violence

Patterns of Neglect: Heron Gate residents suffer from a legacy of poor maintenance and landlords’ use of a municipal committee to overturn bylaw orders

“Give us back our sex-ed”: Sex-Ed Rolls Back, Students Walk Out

Ottawa Public Health Failing Gay and Bisexual Men: Expanded health services for guys into guys urgently needed

Not Our Friends: The Ottawa Police’s Long History of Violence and Racism

Herongate Tenants Reject Rent Increase

TIPS FOR TENANTS

Rethinking neighbourhood and community policing

Learning for the Sake of Learning: Remembering that university education is about more than just employment

All Work is Work: Students speak out on the impacts of unpaid placements

Is There a Legal Path for Fighting the Student Choice Initiative?

How do students strike? Where do we start?

Ford’s Austerity and the Fight Against It

GCTC Play Unpacks “Normal Female Behaviour”: What happens the day after silence is broken in a rape culture?

Venus Envy Advisory: Hedonistic Anal Pleasure

Patriarchy’s Biggest Fear: The Female Nipple – How sexist standards of nudity prevent the female nipple from being seen

Explaining Disabled People Are Hot: The truth behind the hashtag

Venus Envy Advisory: Sex is sometimes strange and funny

Homosexuality was not decriminalized in 1969: Anti-69 forum challenges “Just Society” myth

Where did the five-day workweek come from?

The Case for a Shorter Working Week

Lack of economic opportunity hurts Muslim women, not necessarily hijab

When the Charter says “Everyone,” are Immigration Detainees Included?

Vol. 7, No. 2 (Oct/Nov 2014)

Features

Ford’s Many Tentacles: Degrading OSAP and undermining student organizations through student “choice” and tuition bribes

10 Years of The Leveller: Will this year be our last?

A Timeline of Ottawa Police Violence