The Varsity published [http://www.thevarsity.ca/article/4284] it’s piece on Ontario’s new Textbook and Technology today. It’s a solid piece and shows how little information was actually available prior to last night. Students registered in only for the fall session at the University of Toronto…
I had the honour of briefly meeting and knowing Cpl Paul Davis while I was in the Canadian Forces. It was the summer of 2003 and we were both in Gagetown. We lived in the same barracks building at the time and he was one of a few soldiers who…
Pigs don’t fly, concrete doesn’t float, and miracles don’t happen—only one of these statements remained true when engineering schools from across North America gathered last June in Montreal for the 2008 American Society of Civil Engineers [http://www.asce.org/asce.cfm] National Concrete Canoe Competition…
Ontario’s Minister of Training, Colleges, and Universities John Milloy finally unveiled the rules for Ontario’s new “Textbook and Technology Grant” during the second week of the new academic year. “Today’s students will build tomorrow’s knowledge economy, so we want to do everything we can to make…
A certain reporter from University of Toronto’s student newspaper The Varsity is competing with me on a story right now. I called the cellphone of the CFS-Ontario chairperson only to get her voicemail on the first attempt. Turns out she was on the line with a certain *Varsity * associate…
The London Police Service is the focus of a investigation [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/09/09/siu-called-in-after-student-injured-by-police-near-fanshawe-college/] by Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit following an incident Saturday night. At approximately 3 a.m. Saturday morning, police arrested a 18-year-old student. During his involvement with the police, the 18-year-old…
Today, the London Free Pressran an article [http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2008/09/10/6720561-sun.html] explaining why Fanshawe College cannot act directly against students who misbehave off-campus. As everyone knows [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/06/04/coleman-on-codes-of-conduct/], I completely disagree with any attempt to extend…
Two articles in Ryerson’s student newspaper, The Eyeopener, reveal problems within the governing bodies of the Ryerson Students’ Union. One articles notes the RSU hasn’t passed a budget yet [http://www.theeyeopener.com/articles/3716-RSU-struggles-with-180-000-in-leftover-debt] ; the other, a lack of consistancy of pricing [http://www.theeyeopener.com/articles/…