York events commemorate transgender violence victims

It’s critical to raise awareness around transphobia because it’s something we, collectively as a society, play a role in. [A day of commemoration] is an opportunity for [York students] as a community to remember those who lost their lives as a result of transphobia — Darshika Selvasivam, V-P Campaigns and Advocacy

Retrospective: Great York University Strikes

The York University Staff Association (YUSA), made up of 1,000 secretarial workers and library technicians, prepares to strike in the fall of 1978; they’re worried about administration contracting out their jobs, as well as the notion new technological advanc- es may make some of their work ‘obsolete.’ They also ask for a 10-percent wage increase, where the university offers four percent.

Undefeated with six wins

‘It’s knowing what I want and where I want to hit and just going full out and not worrying about the other team and not worrying about my game’ — Brandie Wilkerson