Trent University student Jacob Méthot is the youngest of the five candidates currently registered to run for mayor of Peterborough. While other nominees have already rolled out big launch parties and lawn signs, Méthot is employing an unconventional strategy: he intends to spend no money in service of his mayoral campaign. Méthot’s spending strategy is…
Trent University alumni and former student-athlete Dillon Muldoon recently won the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) Women’s Curling Coach of the Year award. Trent Radio spoke with Dillon about his coaching experience and what curling is like at Trent. You can find more information about curling at Trent on their Instagram, @trent_curls.
With student submissions complete, the team behind Cultural Studies (CUST) Week, Kathleen Clysdale, Cohen Arndt-Perris, and Anabelle Craig, prepare to showcase student works. Trent Radio sat down with Anabelle to get a better idea of what makes the event valuable to students. CUST Week will include 3 events during the week of March 8-14. You…
Before the start of the fall term, food service at The Trend — the dining space at Trent University’s downtown campus, Catharine Parr Traill College — were replaced by vending machines. According to the university’s Foodservice Advisory Committee, the reasoning for The Trend’s end of operation is due to the absence of undergrad students living…
Trent Radio met with Ty McKeen, director of Anne Shirley Theatre Company (ASTC)’s next production, 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, a sapphic comedy set in 1956. Willow Brown, a first-year student at Trent, will be playing the role of Ginny Cadbury, the newest member of the Susan B. Anthony Society, the play’s group of quiche-eating…
Dr. Sylvie Bérard, a French Studies professor at Trent University, has been awarded the 2025 Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation for her translation of The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai, translated into French as Les Sœurs de la Muée. The Governor General’s Literary Award is considered one of the highest literary distinctions in Canada….
With the fall term underway, Trent University students are being introduced to the wide range of services offered through the university’s library and archives. Student Experience and Outreach Librarian Alison Ridgway says the library is not only a place for study but also a hub for research support, events, and technology. Students can book one-on-one…
Helen Whalen, President of Anne Shirley Theatre Company (ASTC), sat down with Trent Radio to share details on their next play, 5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche, slated for January, 2026. The levy group will be holding auditions for the play late September, with applications opening the first week of September. Signups for crew members will…
President Iyiola Alade and Vice President University & College Affairs Gold Jegede spoke with Trent Radio about the services that the Trent Central Student Association (TCSA) offers students, as well as the advocacy they promote on campus. Elections for the TCSA occur twice every year, with the next election occurring in Fall. You can keep…
Editor-in-Chief of Trent Annual, Jenna Scott, sat down with Trent Radio to give an update on yearbook orders and student job opportunities being offered by the levy group. The order form for Trent Annual 2024-2025 is open and available at trentannual.ca. Shipping within Canada, as well as the yearbook itself, is free. Trent Annual will…
