Alberta is destroying our sports scene
Trans athletes are athletes. Let them play. Graphic: Forrester Toews/The Griff. In Oct. 2024, a fourth NCAA women's volleyball team forfeited their match against San Jose State University (SJSU). The forfeits came after the gender identity of an SJSU player came into question due to rumours that she was a trans woman. Spread by far-right websites, these claims robbed the SJSU volleyball squad of competing in the sport they love. As American political narrative leaked into Alberta’s UCP government, they passed Bill 29 in Dec. 2024, banning transgender women from playing in women's leagues in Alberta. The Canadian Bar Association of Alberta says the bill “runs counter to the Alberta Human Rights Act”. But it still passed. Recently, the...
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Get to know your candidates
Before you place your vote on March 9 and 10, find out more about the candidates running for positions in the SAMU Executive Committee. Alongside Students' Council, the Executive...
Griffins women’s basketball team sweeps Victoria Vikes
Two years is a short amount of time to usher in change, let alone make your mark on history. MacEwan University’s Griffins women’s basketball team just punched a ticket into the next round of CIS...
MacEwan Community Refugee Project
Merna Schmidt knows that they will be here soon. She just doesn’t know how soon. What she does know is that she’s only going to have four days’ notice when they’re coming — if she’s lucky. But...
Final Thoughts: Be a tree and never stop growing
Motivation is quite the hot potato for students. Some weeks, we feel like we could single-handedly move mountains. Other weeks, we feel like we have those same mountains on our shoulders. In...
Griffins move to the big leagues
After transitioning from a community college to a university, it was only a matter of time before MacEwan University’s athletics department would make a leap that would change not only how our...
Meet Aden, a student refugee
In 1978, the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) started the Student Refugee Program, through which 61 post-secondary institutions in Canada continue to sponsor students. According to...
Edmonton’s Brewery District
A dozen blocks from MacEwan University’s downtown campus, Edmonton’s Brewery District remains under development. Discussion of redeveloping Oliver’s Molson-Crosstown site has been ongoing since...
MacEwan University’s international students
Marileine Ngo Mbeleg is currently an accounting student at MacEwan University, and many of you have probably met her, as she has been a barista at the campus Starbucks since she began her...
Club Q&A Series: Feminists at MacEwan
Just to start with the easy question first: who are the Feminists at MacEwan? Katie: Well, we’re a student-run organized club at MacEwan. Kaitlyn: We’re not just, like, the executive team. We’re...
Battle of the campus pubs
When it comes to school rivalries, Edmontonians are likely to think of MacEwan University and University of Alberta. Granted, a fair portion of the derision is meant in jest, and a significant...
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