As students in Quebec continue their 14-week strike, students in Nova Scotia continue to be reminded that post-secondary education is not a priority for the Nova Scotia government. Students and faculty at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) in particular are bracing for severe funding cuts as the provincial government continues to target the school, which has faced financial hardship for several years. Students have already been told to expect $900 in total fee hikes, including tuition fee increases and the introduction of new fees. NSCAD will also be offering fewer classes and making further program cuts. The university is recommending laying off 26 faculty and staff members.

It has been almost a week since the world lost Adrienne Rich, an influential poet and writer and powerful feminist and ally, yet we must continue to move. Move on, move forward, move boundaries, move barriers.

Rich's messages were those heralded in conviction and determination, but also hope and understanding: angry at those haphazardly stripping the rights of others, loving to those fighting for equality and presence. Rich is seen for all those things she was and all those things she was not: a radical female voice, a bitter and personal ranter; an anti-war, civil right, feminist crusader, a crazy political militant; an award-winning poet, an ungrateful artist.