THE WELDON TIMES

Like many others, I am stuck in a crippling doomscroll habit. After a long day, I find myself mindlessly swiping to see the next reel. Sometimes it’s an AFV-style fail compilation, other times it’s some glamorous travel vlog. But something has been changing up many of our feeds lately. Interrupting our disconnected scrolling are the faces of ordinary civilians experiencing unimaginable suffering through armed conflict. Accounts featuring everyday life in war-torn regions have

Full version will be released soon. On August 18, 2025, the Dalhousie Board of Governors (BoG) notified the Dalhousie Faculty Association (DFA) that they were going to be locked out before faculty, librarians, instructors, and counsellors voted on the BoG’s latest offer.¹ This was the first time a U15 university locked out its faculty,² but it is part of a concerning trend of Canadian university lockouts that began in 2007.³ While universities are workplaces, they are also sp

I’m tired. Physically, emotionally, socially – tired. Tired is an understatement; I’m certifiably exhausted. At Schulich, I’ve developed an interesting quirk when it comes to stress: I don’t sleep. Other people can turn off their minds, and savour those coveted six to eight hours of unadulterated relaxation, while I lie in my bed, watching the clock as the seconds tick to minutes and minutes to hours.

Each year, law students across the country suit up, polish their resumes, and enter one of the most intense processes of their legal careers. This article offers steps and advice on how to make the most of your recruit process from those who have learned firsthand. 

This summer, I had the opportunity to participate in the Queen’s International Law Program in the public international law stream. In this article, I will share some highlights and personal reflections on the program, from practical advice on entering the field of international law to insights into what it means to study it at a time when the system appears to be collapsing. 

Since 1L isn’t intimidating enough, why not add a cross-country move to the mix? Although the first year class represents students from every province, an unexpectedly high proportion hail from British Columbia, including me, a Vancouverite!

When I was eight, university felt impossibly far away. As a kid, just a week felt like a year. But as the weeks turned into months, and months into years, my undergrad came and went in a flash. So much life happens between point A and point B, and yet we look back and wonder how things flew by so quickly. Even during undergrad, the idea of being a working lawyer felt like a lifetime away.

Every student in the law school should know Geordie Lounsbury. Questions about Brightspace? Can’t figure out Exam4? Geordie's got you!