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184.7 MAR. 01, 2018 YOUR NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHED 1951 “He tried to get me in GENERAL his car at 1:30 in the morning.” PG. 03 ELECTION PG. 04 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Guelph’s connections to Black Canadian history B L A C K PANTHER Marvel heroes and villains change cinematic landscape. PG. 19 02 NEWSTHE ONTARION 03 | PROF’S MISCONDUCT 04 | CSA ELECTIONS @Ontarion_News N SATURDAY, FEB. 17, a large Injustice in Colten Boushie case Ocrowd gathered in front of ON THE RADAR Guelph’s City Hall to protest the Compiled by Tiann Nantais acquittal of Gerald Stanley. In outrages Guelphites August 2016, Stanley shot and Gerald Stanley’s acquittal in fatal shooting of Indigenous man killed 22-year-old Colten Boushie ROOFTOP FARM for trespassing on his property. On Feb. 15, 10C Shared Space According to the CBC, Stanley met with demand for #Justice4Colten | LESLIE THOMPSON welcomed community mem- was acquitted because he claimed bers to announce that they that the gun went off accidentally. will receive $39,000 from the Bobby Cameron, chief of the Fed- Ontario Trillium Foundation to eration of Sovereign Indigenous set up three rooftop farm pilot Nations, was skeptical as he stated projects in Guelph. By reconsid- that, “in this day and age, when ering the use of vacated rooftop someone can get away with kill- spaces, 10C hopes to lessen ing somebody, when someone can our environmental impacts get away with saying, ‘I acciden- and “engage the community in tally walked to the storage shed, I supporting a healthy and sus- accidentally grabbed a gun out of tainable environment.” the storage box, and I accidentally walked back to the car and then I ONTARIO HEALTH accidentally raised my arm in level Dr. Eric Hoskins has resigned with the late Colten Boushie’s his position as Ontario’s minis- head, then my finger acciden- ter of health in order to lead a tally pushed the trigger’ — what a federal inquest into a national bunch of garbage.” pharmacare plan. MPP Helena The rally in downtown Guelph Jaczek will take over Ontario’s aimed to express outrage at what health portfolio. Boushie’s death means for Indig- enous Peoples across Canada, and PATRICK BROWN to remind those listening that this On Feb. 23, former Ontario is not an isolated incident. “The Progressive Conservative leader message that goes out into the Patrick Brown served a notice of Candles, flowers, and a graduation photo of 22-year-old Boushie were laid world,” said Anishinaabe elder Jan libel to CTV News and several of in the middle of the circle of protesters. | PHOTOS BY LESLIE THOMPSON Sherman, “is that this will not be its associates for what he called tolerated in our society any longer.” “defamatory” reports of sexual misconduct allegations against him. On Feb. 26, Brown with- Brad Evoy, drew his name from the PC center, posed leadership race. this thought-pro- voking question: GERMANY HOCKEY “How many more After beating Canada in the will we accept? semifinal game of men’s hockey How many more at the Olympics last week, the will we have German foreign officer tweeted rallies for?… If I a travel advisory for Germans sound angry, it’s in Canada, advising them to be because I am.” empathetic, and “buy rounds of hot chocolate” for Canadians. Foreign policy Canada returned a congratulatory tweet to the Germans, who played their very first Olympic gold medal game against the Olympic athletes Amber Holmes, co-founder of the Indigenous Learning Circle in Guelph, from Russia, the 2018 Olympic spoke to the crowd. “What happened to Colten is genocide,” she said. “It’s champions. just another form of genocide.” Index INCE THE PROTEST FOR BOUSHIE, Raymond Cormier was acquit- Sted for the death of Tina Fontaine. The body of the 15-year-old News ..............................................02 from Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba was found in August 2014 Arts & Culture..............................06 wrapped in a duvet. The cause of her death was not determined because DNA evidence was washed away by the river, however, a Sports & Health..........................08 pathologist explained that the method of disposal of the body was suspicious. Cormier was arrested in December 2015, based on mul- Black History Month.................12 tiple recordings of him mentioning the death of the girl, and witness Opinion.............................................15 statements claiming he had the same duvet that she was found in. According to the CBC, the jury acquitted Cormier under the claim Editorial...........................................19 Xicotencatl Lopez, the 16-year-old organizer of the event, reminded that there had been “selective interpretations of statements” in the the crowd that the death of Indigenous Peoples is not an uncommon recordings and that the “lack of a cause of death made it impossible Fun page.........................................20 occurrence. “When I first heard the story of Colten Boushie I was to know that Tina died from an unlawful act.” A rally for Fontaine unsurprised,” Lopez said. “Horrified, but unsurprised.” was held on Feb. 25 in Market Square. THEONTARION.COM ISSUE 184.7 | NEWS 03 PHOTO COURTESY OF U of G U of G siding with sessional instructor over students? midterm exam in November, a faculty member,” she said. U of G student Emma explained to The Ontarion, Associate vice-president (stu- she got her period. Before begin- dent affairs), Brenda Whiteside, demands formal ning the midterm, the professor told The Ontarion via email corre- told the class that if they needed spondence that if a student would policy for student to use the restroom, an invigila- like to file a complaint against a tor would accompany them. When He tried to get me faculty member, they should take complaints against Emma got up and asked to use it to the chair of their department, the restroom, she was told that so that an investigation can begin. faculty she would have to hand her mid- in his car at 1:30 in However, how does a student know term in early if she wanted to leave this is what they are supposed to TIANN NANTAIS as there were no female invigila- do, and how can they ensure their tors to accompany her. Although the morning. complaints are handled properly? this would have put her at a dis- Cunningham and Whiteside both AFTER MULTIPLE alleged alterca- advantage, Emma handed in her tried to get me in his car at 1:30 rights complaint and opted for confirmed that there is in fact tions with a sessional lecturer last midterm early in order to use in the morning [the night of the the CUPE process. Charles Cun- no written policy for this type of semester, a fourth year student the restroom. Emma once again project],” Emma said. ningham — assistant vice-president issue: “community members know at U of G, who has asked to be contacted the associate director What struck her most about the (communications & public affairs) to direct students to the chair of referred to as Emma for privacy of undergraduate studies with professor confronting her about — however, told The Ontarion via the department if there are issues reasons, has called into question her concerns, and was advised to her complaint was that “there email correspondence that the with a faculty member,” Cunning- the university’s policy for investi- submit a formal complaint to the was no evidence that the [depart- University would never pass an ham stated. gating faculty misconduct. director of the department. In ment] did any proactive measures investigation off to CUPE to be Emma first approached her aca- addition to the first formal com- after my first formal complaint to handled, demonstrating that this Emma also told The Ontarion demic department with complaints plaint, Emma wrote a letter to the prevent the second incident from point was not made clear to Emma that she would like to see, about a sessional professor’s class- department’s director, which she occurring,” she explained. when she was advised to drop her “accountability for the room conduct in late September had signed by 20 of the approxi- After this confrontation, Emma DHR complaint. Cunningham was school, to prevent them from 2017. Emma told The Ontarion that mately 30 students also taking the filed another formal complaint unable to comment on this particu- trying to sweep issues the professor in question was con- course, affirming their shared neg- with the director of her academic lar case as the investigation is still under the carpet and just to sistently late to lectures, wasted ative experience with the sessional department, and soon after, filed open. Emma has since received make sure this doesn’t happen to lecture time on non-course related instructor in question. a complaint with Diversity and an email from Draper, stating any other students in the future.” material, and failed to post a course Shortly after this complaint was Human Rights (DHR) on campus. that he represents the university, One of Emma’s classmates told outline until six weeks after the filed, Emma had another alter- After meeting with Diversity not CUPE, further confusing the The Ontarion that the academic start of the course, in direct viola- cation with the professor. While and Human Rights regarding her process for the student. department made no attempts to tion of the undergraduate degree working on a group project on complaint, Emma met with Jessica When opting for what she rectify the situation for students. regulations and procedures (Reso- campus late one night, Emma Westlake, the student case man- thought was the “CUPE process,” Not only was this professor permit- lution 4, Part B). He also failed to indicated to one group member ager in Student Affairs, to come up Emma explained that she was ted to finish teaching the course, give a midterm date until one and that she and another student might with interim measures to ensure ensured via email by Gibson that but based on the accounts of the a half weeks before the midterm, need a ride home once they were her safety on campus.