York University is the scene of two rallies today. One rally anti-strike rally organized by York students occurred at 10am. I estimate a crowd of about 75 people in attendance. A crowd of approximately 200 people attended. There is a second pro-union rally organized by the University of Toronto Students’…
This morning, hundreds* of York University students are expected to converge on their suburban campus to protest a two-week-old strike [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/tag/york-university-strike-2008/] by teaching assistants, contract faculty, and graduate assistants. The students are demanding that the Ontario government intervene with back-to-work legislation so they do…
The University of Western Mustangs are facing the Saint Mary Huskies for the final place in the Vanier Cup. Watch it live right now: http://www.ssncanada.ca/finals/13/…
“Sounds like the kind of place a student should spend plenty of time: free food, alcohol and indoor smoking.” The latest ad promoting my blog in the magazine quotes me as saying just that. I was immediately concerned: when would I say such a thing? Turns out context is key.…
CANADA Lyndon Koopmans: Striking York teachers should be forced back to work [http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/11/13/lyndon-koopmans-striking-york-teachers-should-be-forced-back-to-work.aspx] , National Post Full Comment Candidates fear low voter turnout for UBC [http://www.straight.com/article-169812/candidates-fear-low-ubc-turnout], *Georgia Straight *Ad campaign takes aim at Trent…
Here’s some reading material from the overnight: CANADA U of C faces lawsuit from employee [http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/10225], The Gauntlet (UCalgary student paper) Trent University interviewing candidates for new president [http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1294036], The Peterborough Examiner Algonquin expands two Valley campuses…
The University of Saskatchewan student newspaper, *The Sheaf, *is at the centre of another controversy related to its editorial content. (PDF version page 10 [http://www.thesheaf.com/pdf100/Sheaf2008-11-06web_A.pdf]) Last Thursday, an editor of the paper wrote the editorial page opinion and stated “Remembrance Day is a…
Oxford’s student newspaper, Cherwell, reports [http://www.cherwell.org/content/8029] the British Higher Education Funding Council for England chief executive David Eastwood "has proclaimed that universities nationwide should not be expecting tuition fees to rise with inflation, in light of the current economic crisis." Interestingly, the economic crisis…