We should take ‘remembrance’ literally Janis McMath Editor-in-Chief I has been 102 years since WWI ended, and 75 years since WWII ended. Understandably, newer generations have lost touch with these events that impacted our global history on a massive scale. For example, a survey taken by Ancestry.com shows that only 22 percent of Canadians could identify Canada’s prime minister during WWI. Eight percent even made the error of choosing Winston Churchill as Canada’s PM at the time... when he was actually Britain’s during WWIL. Canadians also seem to be disconnected to the histories of their own families; in the same survey, 38 percent of respondents said they were not aware of whether or not they had a relative that served in WWI. Most damning is an Ipsos poll for Global News including quiz questions on D-Day—one of the most notable moments for Canadian soldiers—which left the vice president of Ipsos disappointed. It’s not surprising that he was sad; about half of those polled could not even get three answers correct and nearly 20 percent couldn't even guess a single answer correctly. An astonishing 42 percent of those polled could not even identify Adolf-Hitler-led Germany as the country the Allies were fighting. The cherry on top is that these questions had five multiple choice answers and were straightforward, yet Canadians still said “I don't know” instead of even venturing an uneducated guess that they had a 20 percent chance of getting right. Clearly, Canadians are lacking a proper education on some of the most significant events in recent history. With this knowledge, we should re-evaluate what we take for granted about Remembrance Day. The sacrifices made by people during the wars are what fuel our freedoms and democratic society today, so we should prioritize paying respect. We should use Remembrance Day not only as a day to remember, but a day to learn. On to Cincinnati, SAME Janis McMath Room 1020 - 700 Royal Ave. Douglas College New Westminster, BC, V3L 5B2 604-525-3542 Janis McMath Editor-in-Chief M editor@theotherpress.ca Position Open News Editor © news@theotherpress.ca Position Open Entertainment Editor M4 humour@theotherpress.ca Christine Weenk Layout Manager M layout@theotherpress.ca Lauren Kelly Graphics Manager © graphics@theotherpress.ca F Morgan Hannah A Life & Style Editor M lifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca @ theotherpress.ca © editor@theotherpress.ca ¥ © /theotherpress f/douglasotherpress Jessica Berget Assistant Editor M assistant@theotherpress.ca Sonam Kaloti Arts Editor » Marts@theotherpress.ca Matthew Fraser Opinions Editor M opinions@theotherpress.ca Nhi Jenny' Vo Production Assistant Jacey Gibb Distribution Manager Joe Ayres Social Media Manager Position Open Business Manager Athena Little Udeshi Seneviratne Illustrators Position Open Staff Reporter Mo Hussain Sports Reporter Craig Allan CJ Sommerfeld Staff Writers Billy Bui Arnaldo Fragozo Staff Photographers Timothy Easling Richard Dick Jerrison Oracion Jonathan Pabico Brandon Yip Senior Columnists Jeffrey Gladstone Caroline Ho Alexis Zygan Contributors Cover layout by Lauren Kelly and Udeshi Seneviratne Feature layout by Nhi Jenny' Vo and Udeshi Seneviratne Illustration by Athena Little The Other Press has been Douglas College’s student newspaper since 1976. Since 1978 we have been an autonomous publication, independent of the student union. We are a registered society under the Society Act of British Columbia, governed by an eight-person board of directors appointed by our staff. Our head office is located in the New Westminster campus. The Other Press is published weekly during the fall and winter semesters, and monthly during the summer. We receive our funding from a student levy collected through tuition fees every semester at registration, and from local and national advertising revenue. The Other Press is a member of the Canadian University Press (CUP), a syndicate of student newspapers that includes papers from all across Canada. The Other Press reserves the right to choose what we will publish, and we will not publish material that is hateful, obscene, or condones or promotes illegal activities. Submissions may be edited for clarity and brevity if necessary. All images used are copyright to their respective owners.