Leah Hennig

Leah is the 2025-26 Editor-in-Chief at The Gateway. She was the 2024-25 Opinion Editor. She is in her third year studying English and media studies. In her spare time, she can be found reading, painting, and missing her dog while drinking too much coffee.

OpinionRichard Siemens

Leah HennigMay 4, 2024

PSIs are vital to Alberta, Bill 18 will only hurt them

Among students, it’s no secret that the Government of Alberta doesn’t do a great job of supporting Alberta’s post-secondary institutions…
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OpinionSupplied

Leah HennigMay 3, 2024

NDP leadership candidates still need to set themselves apart

Candidates tend to get vicious during political debates, causing their ideas to get lost beneath jabs and shouting. However, the…
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OpinionChristien Ford

Leah HennigApril 26, 2024

The next NDP leader should fight for Albertans now

All eyes are on the Alberta New Democratic Party‘s (NDP) leadership race as we get closer to the debates happening…
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OpinionLily Polenchuk

Leah HennigApril 11, 2024

Editorial: New tuition increases hurt students, BoG is comfortable ignoring that

BoG needs to listen to students, not hide from them while making decisions that harm them.
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OpinionSupplied

Leah HennigApril 8, 2024

BookTok has the power to change publishing for the better

It’s not unusual for me to spend a lot of time on BookTok — maybe even more than I actually…
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OpinionJuliana du Pree

Leah HennigMarch 26, 2024

Marble Pedestal: UASU office corgi

There are plenty of people at the University of Alberta Students’ Union (UASU) that do important work for our campus.…
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OpinionNoor Chaudhry

Leah HennigBrooklyn HollingerTristan DellFrancine Dela PazMarch 5, 2024

Bite the Ballot: Referendums

NOTE: The Gateway is running a DFU campaign in the 2024 Students’ Union Elections. We will be covering our campaign in a…
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OpinionNoor Chaudhry

Leah HennigMarch 5, 2024

Bite the Ballot: Vice-President (Operations and Finance)

The Students’ Union (SU) vice-president (operations and finance) (VPOF) race can be best described by the major differences in campaign…
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OpinionMacy Wong

Leah HennigMarch 3, 2024

The playing field evens out for VPOF candidates

The vice-president (operations and finance) candidates had another opportunity to address students — specifically Indigenous students — at the 2024…
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OpinionLily Polenchuk

Leah HennigMarch 1, 2024

ISA forum shows necessary improvements for VPOF candidates

The 2024 International Students’ Association (ISA) forum brought a much-needed change of pace for vice-president (operations and finance) (VPOF) candidate…
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