Every university in the country has held or will hold a federal election debate featuring the local candidates. I’ve attended many student union run election debates. Some have went well, but many have turned sour due to a poorly chosen moderator, usually a student union politician. Generally, the debate…
and using Twitter…. [http://twitter.com/JoeyColeman] http://twitter.com/JoeyColeman I’m going to experiment with Twitter for the next few weeks. I expect I’ll use it to share what I’m reading. Any suggestions on what you want to see; comments are always open.…
The University of Windsor and it’s strike faculty have reached a tentative agreement, according to the web sites of the respective [http://www.caut.ca/wufa/] parties [http://www.uwindsor.ca/strikeinfo]. No further details have been released. Both faculty and the Board of Governors must vote to accept…
We here at Maclean’s On Campus have launched another blog. *In the Classroom [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/category/blogs/in-the-classroom/]*will feature some of Canada’s best professors and researchers who are engaged in addressing issues pertaining to the delivery and quality of undergraduate education. I know two…
The York Federation of Students is celebrating it’s latest scheme; figuring out how to get 23,000 students to sign a petition asking the government give money to lower tuition. Instead of just asking students to sign the petition; The Excaliburreports [http://www.excal.on.ca/cms2/index.php?…
Seriously, the greatest challenge of being an university student is navigating the endless bureaucracy of the institution.…
I’m dealing with my university today to sort out an account hold that was put in place when I missed the tuition payment deadline. (My own fault, I forgot to process the payment in time) I called the registar’s office and, as usual, sat on hold for a…
I’m assuming this is more common than what I think; I never heard of one when I was in high school. Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge’s Conestoga College is holding a college fair with twenty-three colleges from across Ontario. The open house [http://blogs1.conestogac.on.ca/events/2008/10/…