Opinions
Why Chief Dan George’s ‘Lament for Confederation’ is still relevant
55 years ago Chief Dan George gave the iconic ‘Lament for Confederation’ speech during Canada’s centennial. For Indigenous Canadians, this speech carries a great level of significance due to it…
FOI bill creates barriers for student journalists
Government accountability, freedom to information, and freedom of the press are just some of the hallmarks of a healthy and functional democracy. B.C.’s now-passed Bill 22 hampers these freedoms and…
Goodbye, and thank you
The thought of leaving the Martlet always seemed like a distant possibility. I had stored a drafted goodbye letter in the back of my brain's filing cabinet, collecting dust over…
NFTs are an embarrassment to the art world
Logging into websites like Twitter, I am greeted with tweet after tweet of .jpg images. It seems every day is accompanied by the repetition of the same weird monkey and…
A show or real reconciliation
In June 2021, in response to the uncovering of 215 unmarked graves at Kamloops residential school. Pope Francis offered a thread of tweets. Now, he has agreed to come to…Letter to the Editor: Beyond Symbolic Gestures
The Martlet accepts Letters to the Editor! Letters must be 200 words or less and cannot contain any images, videos, or links. They must be written by an individual (not…
Introducing our climate issue: why we’re committed to good climate coverage
To act as an agent of constructive social change. That is one of the commitments in our mission statement that the Martlet has made to the university and local communities…Indigenous resistance is vital to climate action
In the last few years, climate change movements have grown increasingly popular, and many people are being exposed to these ideas through social media. Figures like Greta Thunberg and David…Our Digital Print Issue
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