SINCE 1944
VOLUME 80 ISSUE 12
Student run since 1944
April 7, 2025
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“Don’t let them forget”: Qajaq Robinson closes Donald Lecture series with reflection on MMIWG
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Gaiters Athletics Stunning 24-25: A Year in Review
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Surviving a semester (or two) apart: Why a Relationship doesn’t have to be a reason to skip exchange
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Building minds and community: The 12 evolution of Bishop’s University
News:
By Megane Masson - contributor
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n Friday, Mar. 21, 2025, an astonishing number of attendees assembled to mark a milestone for the Indigenous community at Bishop’s University. After years of hard work, the long-awaited day arrived for the inauguration of the new Indigenous centre, Kwigw8mna, formerly Divinity House. The opening ceremony convened the old and the new. Key members from the Indigenous community delivered emotional speeches, starting with Shawna Chatterton-Jerome, who has been present since the very beginning, on Oct. 4, 2019. Chief Richard O’Bomsawin from Odanak, reunited with his good friend and Bishop’s former principal, Michael Goldbloom, shared emotional words with the crowd, followed by Vicky Boldo, who told a touching personal story about truth and reconciliation. Despite being held under the rain,
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the local Indigenous group The Flying Sturgeons’ traditional song and drums helped warm the cold air. With this, the opening ceremony officially marked the beginning of Kwigw8mna, where Indigenous community and healing can flourish. As Chief O’Bomsawin asserts, “We can finally all come together as one.” What is now Kwigw8mna was formerly known as Divinity House. The establishment served many purposes over the years: classrooms, student residences, faculty offices. Historically, the building served as a space to teach and accommodate theology students, who went on to work as Catholic priests; some of those priests would eventually work in residential schools. Chief O’Bomsawin touched upon the building’s sensitive background during his inauguration speech. This building is the ideal place for growth and reconciliation. What was once a Read more on page 2
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Features:
Kwigw8mna: A completed legacy
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By Abigail Epstein - Arts & Culture Editor
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he Tribune, based out of McGill University, hosted their annual journalism conference Mar. 22 in Montréal. It was a crowd of student journalists, activists and professionals. It was an event struck with urgency. The crux of the conference concerned the topic of the media’s responsibility towards Palestine. In a panel consisting of representatives from Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR), Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) and Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), the issues with mainstream Canadian news coverage of Palestine were discussed. The panellists refrained from using their full names as a means of precaution. In a critical analysis of the media, sty-
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listics in news coverage were examined: frequent passive voice avoids assigning responsibility, while misleading language distorts a reader’s perception of the news. Israeli and Zionist perspectives are often privileged and do not have to go through the ringers of verification, under which Palestinian voices are subject. Coverage of student movements in solidarity tends to trivialize, rather than shed light: “The spectacle of student activism was emphasized over the actual issue of Palestinian subjugation,” the IJV representative noted. Problematically, the encampments were treated as a “beginning, middle, and end” to the story of Palestine. There is also an apparent threat to label any denunciation of Israel as antisemitic, and authoritative backlash makes speaking to truth difficult, for both activists and journalists. Yet, the responsibility of the media remains oriented to the truth: informing, empowering Read more on page 8
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