These include: In 1996, the Canta editors Steven Fleming and Creon Upton were removed after publishing a range of controversial articles including a Mel Brooks Nazi parody, a column purporting to have been written by Michael Jackson, a mock Tintin comic strip, and a list of student criminal offenders[1] (a hoax).

The editors claimed at the time that their sacking was more a result of their poor relationship with the university's student executive council than anything else.

An employment tribunal later found in favour of the sacked editors resulting in a substantial payout from the student executive.

[citation needed] Canta was again involved in controversy following the publishing of an article entitled "The Completely Unofficial Top 13 Ways of Cheating" in the issue preceding midterm exams in June 2007.

[5] The first issue of 2016, under the new team, included a message stating: "Disclaimer: The opinions presented in this Canta magazine are not necessarily those held by the UCSA or this University.