Voice Podcast 09: Vancouver’s logogate
It's been two weeks since the City of Vancouver unveiled their new logo. Or, as some critics are calling it, a font change.
Voice Podcast 8: Gender debate heats up in Education Council election
This week, The Langara Voice Podcast recaps our top five stories appearing in print and online. Later in the show, we explore how some Langara College structures have yet to caught up with accepting students who don't identify in a…
Metro Theatre’s production of Guilty Conscience blurs the lines of reality
Audiences can expect to be kept on their toes with the shift between reality and imaginary in this upcoming play.
South Vancouver dance group transforms students into professionals
Reported by Rica Talay
Catalyst Dance, a South Vancouver dance group, is getting a leg up in their career with their upcoming production Chiaroscuro.
The show is produced by Dezza Dance as part of the Leg Up! Dance Project, an…
Spaghetti sticks stir up debate at Langara College café
The Lollipop Moment Café at Langara College is using raw spaghetti as coffee stir sticks in an attempt to reduce waste and promote an environmentally-friendly lifestyle.
Langara Faculty Association protests education cuts with transit ad campaign
Reported by Christopher Thoroski
The Langara Faculty Association is launching an ad campaign ahead of this May’s provincial election to protest cuts to post-secondary education funding by the B.C. Liberal government.
The ads will be…
VOICE PODCAST 07: Fake news, declining audiences and Trump’s media
Produced by Clare Hennig and technical producer Sean Hitrec
On this week's edition of The Voice podcast, we look at where people get their news from, reputable sources of information versus fake news and why this all matters.
We talk to…
Opening your mind: Processing bias and fake news in the new political climate
Reported by Duncan Anderson
Confirmation bias is defined in terms of energy. It takes the brain less energy to confirm something a person already thinks is right, than to wrestle with new or conflicting information.
Understanding…
LSU collective agreement lacks clarity in management
Reported by Alyse Kotyk
In 2012, the Langara Students’ Union signed a new collective agreement — a legal contract establishing working conditions — for its staff members. After LSU general manager, Desmond Rodenbour was fired, The Voice…
B.C. Societies Act recently amended to improve student unions transparency
Reported by Sean Hitrec
The B.C. Societies Act that governs all of the provinces’ students unions was recently amended in order to improve transparency, said NDP MLA David Eby.
Eby, the Advanced Education critic, said a presentation was…