Competition for students paying high tuition likely makes administrators more interested in keeping students happy and safe rather than educated with politically diverse views. That, and excessive interventions like the ones at Oberlin College, ultimately give Donald Trump a target to scapegoat campus liberals.
Creative artists have tried, through performance, literature and film, to fill a gap in public memory and bring us closer to the tragedy’s untold stories. They offer testimony to the deep legacy of unacknowledged grief, showing how loss changes one’s identity.
Lynda Redwood-Campbell is a professor with the Department of Family Medicine as well as an active member of the Canadian Red Cross International Emergency Response Unit (ERU) team. Recently, she travelled to Mozambique to support the disaster response after Cyclone Idai.