I’ve uploaded more photos today and have a final batch coming tonight. They are on the Flickr group. [http://tinyurl.com/5dadz8] [http://tinyurl.com/5dadz8]Included in this batch is a photo [http://tinyurl.com/63d7oe] of two counter-protesters who showed up at Queen’s Park yesterday. There…
I have a few friends who attend York University and two of them asked me about getting refunds for their transit passes. Both of them travel to York University using GO Transit and pay for a student monthly pass. I called GO Transit to inquire about refunds for students affected…
I have a few friends who attend York University and two of them asked me about getting refunds for their transit passes. Both of them travel to York University using GO Transit and pay for a student monthly pass. I called GO Transit to inquire about refunds for students affected…
Ontario’s Minister of Training, Colleges, and Universities is dismissing the idea [http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5g9pNq7omvQ-oEG_b2-tmI6JiBtNA]of provincial bargaining for university employees in Ontario. He cites the “autonomy” of universities as one of the reasons the provincial government will not involve itself. When did academic freedom (autonomy)…
Students at York University should expect a long strike [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/11/06/pickets-and-barricade-go-up-as-york-university-strike-begins/] , as both sides have a lot to lose if the other side gets what it wants in the single issue that actually matters in this dispute: the length of the contract. > See…
My laptop has been on the fritz all day. Yesterday, it stalled a few times as I tried to transfer photos to my computer at the same time as I was processing other photos and upload to Flickr. I went to pick up a new RAM stick this morning and…
At 12:01am Thursday morning, 3,400 contract faculty, teaching assistants and graduate assistants at York University went on strike. More to come on this developing story.…
I’m going to use live-tweet from outside of Queen’s Park during the Day of Action today. Follow my live updates on Twitter at www.twitter.com/JoeyColeman [http://www.twitter.com/JoeyColeman]…