election

Local organizations combating voter apathy and low voter turnout.

This is OTR’s live coverage of the Toronto Municipal Election. Produced by the journalism students at TMU. Stay with us as we bring you live coverage from all over Toronto.

Interviews with three councillor candidates on transit, public safety, and housing.

Despite interruptions, candidates stay on track for the future.

Toronto City Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam has announced her resignation and will instead run as an NDP candidate in June’s Ontario general election.   “To the residents of Ward 13 – Toronto…

Marina Gerges rolls her eyes at promises of transparency and accountability. Not because she doesn’t believe they’re important, but because she rarely believes the people promising them. Last week, Gerges…

Marina Gerges defeated incumbent president Siddhanth Satish in this year’s Ryerson Students’ Union election, while independent candidates were elected in each of the faculty director positions.  Gerges managed to get…

Students, candidates, and interest groups are questioning the integrity of this year’s Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) election.  At issue, they say are an abrupt election rollout that broke RSU bylaws,…

Pandemic restrictions are causing many Ryerson students to turn to social media as their main source for election information and, according to some, it’s not working. Although the 2021 election…

Candidates sent messages asking students to vote for them