Hierarchy in Human Rights?

York and Ontario must decide because a boy didn’t want to work with girls
Rahman MohamedVari Hall

On January 9 The National Post reported that York University told Sociology Professor Paul Grayson (currently teaching AP/SOCI 2030 Sociological Research Methods and AP/SOCI 3480 Organizations, Work and Society; both online courses) to not force an unnamed to student to work with women because he said it was against it was against his religious beliefs.

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You and Your Money

The banks at Yorkfest, what they gave, and what they have
Rahman Mohamed

So you were at Clubs Day for Yorkfest on September 18 and got free give-ways?  Nothing topped The YFS Liberation of a Generation in a bag – including a folding clipboard holding coupons, a single serving Rubicon Passion Fruit and Mango juice agenda, free T-shirt and more. The only thing that came close was the Toronto Star Campus Survival Pack – Krave, Axe Chicken Alfredo, Frost mints, Nivea Lip care, Dentyne, and coupons.

Then there were the banks – offering give-ways while advertising student accounts. So which of the Yorkfest Banks has the best student account for a York student? Continue reading

York Students (and Vari Hall) Drowning in Debt

YFS building a wall
Rahman Mohamed

Xpressions Against Oppression (XAO), a campaign launched by the York Federation of Students (YFS) aimed to bring social change by tapping into revolutionary feelings of empathy through various forms of resistance, began to take action against growing Student Loans On Tuesday, October 1 by starting the Wall of Debt in Vari Hall at York University.

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