A small town, so rich with culture, burrowed in the heart of the Eastern Townships, is home to Bishop’s University. This small purple community is where I have discovered myself and now call home. I began my university journey at a larger university in Ottawa, feeling like it wasn’t the right fit for me. After...

Embracing creativity and unleashing potential  What I found most challenging as an aspiring artist was to take the step to register for an undergraduate program in Fine Arts. It may sound silly, but it felt like a bold move, a self-affirming statement that was difficult to make for a blooming art enthusiast.   There are many...

One of the very first things I was told about the soccer program at Bishop’s University was the practice slot. Even before I signed a letter of intent, senior players on the team made sure I knew that any commitment to Bishop’s was a commitment to 6:30 a.m. training sessions. I like to think of...

Drs. Vicki Chartrand, Genner Llanes-Ortiz, and Alex Miltsov of Bishop’s University’s Sociology Department are working in partnership with Indigenous communities to organize, analyze, and mobilize Indigenous-led and Indigenous-based resources and supports to address Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit (MMIWG2S+) persons.   They started the partnership because the existing resources and supports coming...

Dr. Jade Savage, of Bishop’s University’s Biology and Biochemistry Department, created eTick.ca, an online tick identification platform, so Canadians could access a single, free, and comprehensive tool to report tick encounters and benefit from trained personnel to identify the tick species, and find out if the tick that bit them could transmit pathogens causing Lyme...