What would it mean to build a city for kids?
An interview with St. John’s active transportation advocate Ryan Green
Author
In addition to sitting on the Board of The Independent, Robin Whitaker has contributed to the Indy on issues ranging from electoral reform to shared-use trails. She and Elizabeth Yeoman are co-editors of Making Connections. In her day job, she works as an anthropologist at Memorial University and is active in her union, MUNFA, which she served as president from 2017-2019. Robin is currently President of the Canadian Association of University Teachers and President of the National Union of CAUT. Robin grew up in Portugal Cove and now lives in St. John’s. She can often be found on a bicycle.
An interview with St. John’s active transportation advocate Ryan Green
Welcome to The Independent’s new series on transportation in Newfoundland and Labrador
Memorial University has a vital role in Newfoundland and Labrador's democracy. But it cannot fulfill that role without also embodying it.
This column introduces a series of commentaries that create space for positive futures by thinking against the grain of the pandemic.
Owning a private motor vehicle no more accords you rights to extra public space than owning real estate accords you more votes in a general election.
We need institutions where critical inquiry can be freely pursued by scholars and cultivated among students. The future of NL depends on it.
Don’t let philanthropy, government or otherwise, work as a silencer, even if our media opts for cheerleading the charity game instead of asking the hard questions.
Faculty members call for MUN administrators and government to renew their commitment to the public university.
Electoral reform might not sound very sexy. But it matters. A lot. Don’t let the footdragging wear you down.