The following was posted [http://www.busrc.com/srcblog/?p=283] on the official blog of the Bishop’s University student government: > Rest assured that here at Bishop’s, we’ll continue supporting Shinerama during Frosh Week. The fight against cystic fibrosis is an important one, and we’ve been…
According to a report [http://www.excal.on.ca/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6608&Itemid=2] in The Excalibur, the Canadian Federation of Students – Ontario* has given CUPE 3903 a $2,500 donation which is assisting the union to provide free lunches to striking TAs,…
The following news release was sent out by the Carleton University Students Association at 11:30 this morning: > Attention News Editors: Carleton University Students’ Association moves to reverse decision on Shine-A-Rama OTTAWA, Nov. 26 /CNW Telbec/ – Carleton University Students’ Association President Brittany Smyth has indicated that CUSA council will revisit…
Seriously, she keeps getting worse and the bullshit gets more unbelievable [http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/campaign-called-off/#clip116066].…
I’ve covered a lot of student union embarrassments during my university career and my time with Maclean’s. The CUSA racist motion controversy is by far the worst. Most scandals only stain the students’ union and maybe, to a limited extent, the university. This one is completely destroying the…
Later today, pro-life/anti-abortion at the University of Calgary are planning [http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2008/11/24/abortion-protest-calgary.html] to display graphic photos of abortion at the University of Calgary. The university is promising to arrest the students if they do so. The university proudly states the…
The Carleton University Students’ Association, Local 1 of the Canadian Federation of Students, has decided to stop fundraising [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/11/25/carleton-u-cancels-shinerama-claims-disease-only-affects-white-people/] as part of the national Shinerama program. Shinerama is a [http://www.fibrosekystique.ca/page.asp?id=33] national event involving students from…