Trent faculty tackle that age old question: What is love?
Love! Is it objective, subjective, or even dangerous? With its sea of connotations one would ever wonder, ‘what is love?’ The month of February reminds everyone to once again ponder upon the topic of...
View ArticleTCSA’s Direct2U Prescription service an overwhelming success
Direct2U Prescription (D2U), a delivery prescription service administrated at Trent University by the Trent Central Student Association (TCSA), is seeing a continued rise in the number of students...
View ArticleTowards ending sexual assault on campus
Sexual assault on campus is a subject that has manifested quite frequently in the recent headlines. Sexual assault is an issue that has been a concern for over decades, not only on campus but in...
View ArticleRiverside Drive receives funding for sewer replacement
44 homes located directly on Riverside Drive, as well as over 300 homes in the surrounding neighbourhoods will now be protected from the woes of flood events. The City of Peterborough has just received...
View ArticleContextualizing the collective agreement as TAs vote on ratification
[Please note: this article was written to give context to the collective agreement between CUPE 3908 Unit 2 and Trent University. It was written before the ratification vote had ended, and therefore...
View ArticleEditorial Platform: Ugyen Wangmo
My vision for volume 50 of Arthur is straightforward, “Create a responsible bridge to connect, and bring the community together,” while staying true to the identity and tradition that is Trent. The...
View ArticleTrent teaching assistants avoid strike, but with reservation
Members of CUPE 3908 Unit 2, which represents 350 graduate students, have voted to ratify a three-year collective agreement with 77% in favour, alas with reservation, says the bargaining team. The CUPE...
View ArticlePresident Groarke calls early retirement incentives a “win-win” as university...
As Trent University gets on the bandwagon to steer the current budget challenges, the university recently announced a voluntary early retirement incentive for staff and faculty members. Trent...
View ArticleTrent professor receives $596,000 NSERC grant to develop a precise monitoring...
A Trent-led project is to develop, for the first time, a uniform systematic way to survey amphibian populations across Canada, and shed light on factors associated with the presence, or more...
View ArticleTraill College Principal Dr. Michael Eamon opens up about the writing and...
Principal of Traill College and Director of Continuing Education, Dr. Michael Eamon, never limited his interest to just one field. The latest addition to his pool of multifaceted talents is the title...
View ArticleIs Ontario making the right decisions for farmers?
The urgency to implement Neonicotinoid regulations, which is set to be effective on July 1, stands questioned as latest data shows a significant decrease in mortality rate for in-season bees, through...
View ArticleTrent and York partner up in aging research
The new Trent Centre for Aging and Society is extending its resources to develop new research projects, educational programs, and community engagement through partnership with larger institutions who...
View ArticleTracing the evolution of Trent’s educational vision and practices over the...
Trent University is currently undergoing a pragmatic evolution from its original vision of liberal arts and science-oriented education it was built on, 50 years ago. As much as Trent tried to resist...
View ArticleThe fashion industry is breaking gender constructs
The topic of Gender has gained traction in public spaces, and a positive and necessary dialogue is occurring regarding issues such as gender equality, expression, neutrality, and trans rights. Fashion...
View ArticleTrent Market Garden
The way Trent community eat will see changes this year as the Trent Market Garden proudly furnish the cafeterias across campus with a variety of fresh organic vegetables. Trent Market Garden (TMG) is a...
View ArticleGender-based violence in our community
What message is the story sending the victims? The perpetrators? And the bystanders? are the three most important questions to consider when telling the stories of gender-based violence. “WORDS MATTER:...
View ArticleWater Wise initiative: a competition between campuses
The search for Canada’s most innovative approach to reducing campus water-use footprint in post-secondary schools across the country is back for its third year running. “Most Water-wise School...
View ArticleCanadian Studies: “hopeful but precarious”
Funding cuts and the elimination of academic programs in the Humanities is a plight facing universities around the globe – and Trent University is no exception. Across the Humanities department, 11...
View ArticleDrawing the Line Part 2 a success!
Co-written by Keila Macpherson Just recently, “Drawing the Line” returned for its second moment. The atmosphere was entertaining and the air thick with cause – a cause to make Peterborough a safer...
View ArticleTrent University saves lives through blood donations
Over the years Trent university, the largest Partner for Life in the Peterborough area, has helped save thousands of lives by collecting thousand of units of blood. Partners for Life is a Canadian...
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