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Langara student satisfaction rates show slow decline
By Rui Yang Xu
Joshua Poole went to college in Alberta before transferring to Langara. He finds that it’s been a better experience here than he’s had in other schools.
Poole, a second-year computer science student, said other colleges…
Supporters say that campus walk-out raises need for more education on Indigenous rights
By Lucas Jornitz
The media and educational institutions need to do a better job of informing the public about the reasons why people are demonstrating in support of the Wet’suwet’en, said student organizer Tanis Wilson.
Wilson was an…
Filmmaker expresses childhood memories through creative writing
By Jacob Hoheisel
For Tarique Qayumi, childhood trauma and his experience as a refugee have been the fuel and inspiration for becoming a successful writer and filmmaker.
His storytelling has helped heal his own personal trauma and now…
SFU-Langara partnership gives Langara’s Indigenous students more choice
By Jessica A. Froud and Christopher MacMillan (with files from Kristen Holliday)
Indigenous students at Langara will find it easier transferring to SFU due to a new partnership between the schools, according to college officials.
The…
Wednesday walkout at Langara draws attention to Wet’suwet’en
By Lucas Jornitz
An estimated 60 students, faculty and others walked out of class Wednesday afternoon to take part in a demonstration in support of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs.
The rally, which began at about 2:30 p.m.,…
Excavation work reduces staff parking at Langara
By Jessica A. Froud
Piles of concrete and soil are the newest addition to Langara’s staff parking lot.
A notice sent to staff by the college’s facilities department said that contractors have been hired to remove an old oil tank from…
Loss of parking at Langara a road to nowhere
Reported by Jacob Hoheisel
A shortage of parking spaces during peak hours means Langara students and staff can’t find parking, or must park off-campus, students say.
Lauren Rathbone, a first-year biology student, alternates between…
Langara’s Writing Lives course helps students understand the impact of residential schools
By Safoura Rigi-Ladiz and Lucas Jornitz
For some, learning to write memoirs by interviewing Indigenous elders was in the hope of gaining a greater understanding of the darker parts of Canadian history. For some of the…
Anti-bullying celebrated on Pink Shirt Day at Langara College
By Rui Yang Xu
Wyn Daquigan is usually great at defending others from bullying but when a classmate made comments regarding her ethnicity in university, she didn’t know how to respond.
A fourth-year criminology student at SFU,…
Salish weaving class sparks conversation and learning at Langara
By Safoura Rigi-Ladiz
Langara’s Salish weaving course gives students an opportunity to learn a once-lost tradition of B.C.’s Coast Salish people.
The history of the traditional weaving practice and its cultural applications are an…