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Originally published on October 1, 2024 There is plenty of uncertainty surrounding the catastrophic events of this summer. Jasper, Alberta, home to just under 5,000 people, has unfortunately been hit with what seems to be Alberta's perennial forest fires, begging...
Ontario indie rockers perform love-letter performance for Edmonton At my sister’s house, in her bedroom, sitting in a drawer, is a scrap of bright orange construction paper. It’s over nine years old now, and it’s a bit wrinkled, but this piece of paper holds the...
I grew up in Edmonton. My compass is the North Saskatchewan River and I can tell you exactly what time of year it is by looking at the construction. So, with that said, I was never a stranger to the Mosquers. I remember hearing about this film festival meant for...
Originally published on October 1, 2024 Nestled in free-growing grass on MacEwan’s campus stands a sculpture of a bear with her head bowed low in prayer. The sculpture, titled Mother Bear Prays for Earth Healing, rests just outside of kihêw waciston Indigenous...
Originally published on October 1, 2024 Everybody knows that tuition prices are climbing up, and our wallets cannot keep up. However, we would love to give you some advice on how to cut costs, with only a few incisions. Each class at MacEwan costs roughly $621 —...
Originally published on September 1, 2024 Food from CocoMelt in London By: Leanna Bressan My summer favourite is my food order from CocoMelt in London, England. I had a sushi crepe filled with brownie, strawberries, and chocolate spread, drizzled with milk...
A raw conversation shared between two culture editors, one from the past and one from the present. Before the Griff, Intercamp ran the news around MacEwan. Before the university consolidated into one campus, MacEwan was a community college split into four campuses:...
Stories from a solo traveler about trying something new The acme of 2024 occurred early, just how I wanted it to. It was a snowy January week when I impulsively booked a solo trip to San Francisco. I’m still not exactly sure why I did it. Maybe it was because I...
A conversation with Madden Lewis, the lead of the band MadJohn! & Co., about creative expression, safe spaces, and redemptive outlets Madden Lewis, a first-year music student, doesn’t recall a time in their life when music wasn’t a constant. “I don't...
As we continue to see more and more of the effects of the global climate crisis, encouraging sustainable practices has become increasingly important. This is a belief shared by MacEwan, with the university’s strategic direction plan for the next eight years to...
Edmonton-based rapper Ntwali Kayijaho celebrated his 10th anniversary of rapping this year when he turned 27. A little over a year ago, I sat down with the Rwandan-born rapper to talk about his music career, his upbringing, and aspirations for the future....
Recall the early 2000s with me quickly. Chunky, bedazzled Nokias that could withstand the force of one thousand drunk partygoers when you (inevitably) lose it on the dance floor. The beauty of opening Myspace to the embedded sounds of Britney Spears echoing out of...
UPDATE MARCH 21, 2024: This article has been edited to change the name of MacEwan’s Office of Human Rights, Equity, and Inclusion to Office of Human Rights. A member of the office informed the Griff that the office changed its name shortly before this event took...
When I was young and dumb, I had a weird relationship with music. Even in my teens, I skipped the phase of finding and sharing, cultivating that taste for how and where I was feeling my feelings. I didn’t let music shape me or I shape it — not in the same way as my...
M.L. Martin travels through landscapes and centuries for their work as a poet and translator. They’ve landed at MacEwan this winter term as the 31st writer-in-residence. On Feb. 15, a casual group of students and faculty mingled at MacEwan to meet Martin. The...