Greetings, readers from the Fanshawe community and beyond. Welcome to a brand new issue of Interrobang.

In London, November has a special meaning. Perhaps you’ve noticed the purple lights downtown, or even a recent splash of purple in a colleague’s wardrobe. In the Forest City, November is the time for the London Abused Women’s Centre (LAWC) annual Shine the Light on Woman Abuse campaign, with purple representing the cause.

Because Fanshawe’s Sexual Violence Prevention Advisor, Leah Marshall, collaborates closely with the organization to raise awareness of the issue not only amongst Londoners but also within the College community, Interrobang shows its support by highlighting the campaign and its related stories.

Navigator. Londons student lifestyles magazine.

This brings me to this edition’s cover. The cross bears the name of Sonya Cywink, a member of Whitefish River First Nation, who was killed in 1994 at the age of 31. She was pregnant with her unborn son. Twenty-five years later, her murder is still unsolved.

Cywink is one of the women honoured by this year’s Shine the Light campaign, which included a special multimedia installation held at Fanshawe from Nov. 4 to 8 called Shades of Our Sisters. You can read our coverage of the installation’s Traditional Opening on page three, and watch our reporter Emily Stewart’s video of the event on our Facebook page.

The cross was one of the focal points of the installation. It is adorned with flowers painted by visual artist Holly Pichette, who is a graduate of Fanshawe’s fine art program.

Sonya’s sister, Meggie Cywink, spoke at the launch of the Shine the Light campaign on Nov. 1 and hopes to see the case solved. Anyone with information should call the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Interrobang doesn’t publish again until its Holiday Issue at the end of the month, so check out our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages for news and updates until then.

And so it goes,

Angela McInnes

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