Author Archives: Joshua Gabert-Doyon
How BDS Won at Concordia University
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement is not about hate, although that hasn’t stopped UBC Hillel from spending more than $4000 on posters and incessant Facebook ads. BDS is about the human rights of Palestinians, and about stopping the companies which participate in the oppression of Palestinians – those which provide “security” services, armaments, […]
The Net: Leelah Alcorn and the Virtual Traces of Identity
Content Warning: suicide, transphobia, transmisogyny I. At some point during the winter break I got an idea to write a column about the Internet. It may have been simply because, like most people, having more free time means I’m on the Internet more, but regardless, it felt like something that needed to be looked […]
A Note on Remembrance Day
Certain aspects of Remembrance Day make me uncomfortable, and I don’t think I’m alone in this. The white poppy (sometimes called the peace poppy) is worn as an alternative to the red poppy, and is meant to ensure that remembering past conflicts doesn’t involve glorifying or simplifying war. Traditional Remembrance Day ceremonies honour the victims […]
# I AM A STUDENT Holds General Student Assembly
A General Student Assembly was held on Tuesday to facilitate discussion and organize action against the recently proposed tuition and residence fee increases. I Am A Student – UBC, a recently-created student group dedicated to action against the university’s recently proposed 10% international tuition fee hikes and 20% residence fee hikes, organized the event. Around […]
3 Talon-Approved Events: October 13–20
Spoken Works Performance Night Hosted by Spoken Works (formerly SPEND poetry), this event offers a platform for sharing poetry, music, and art in a non-competitive safe space. The event is organized within an anti-oppressive framework and will prioritize the voices of those who identify as queer, trans*, intersex, mixed, indigenous, and/or persyns of colour. If […]
3 Talon-Approved Events this Week
Here are 3 (out of many) awesome events you should check out this week: PANEL – Embracing Food Justice: Transforming Our Food Systems from Seed to Table @ SFU Harbour Centre The Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) hosts a panel discussion (and Q & A) on the complex relationship between food, consumers, […]
The Knoll Interview Series Part 2: The New SUB Saga
This is part two of an interview series on The Knoll, a grassroots student press that was active on campus from 2006 to 2010. Former editors Nathan Crompton, Tristan Markle, and Bob Neubauer sat down with The Talon to talk about the original grassy knoll, real-estate development at UBC, the history of their activism on […]
The Knoll Interview Series Part 1: Dome-ocracy
This is part one of an interview series on The Knoll, a grassroots student press that was active on campus from 2006 to 2010. Former editors Nathan Crompton, Tristan Markle, and Bob Neubauer sat down with The Talon to talk about the original grassy knoll, real-estate development at UBC, the history of their activism on […]
