The University of British Columbia – Vancouver campus undergraduate students union, the Alma Mater Society, voted Wednesday night in favour of building a new Student Union Building at the campus. UBC put out a news release [http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/media/releases/2008/mr-08-100.html] this evening on the building.…
Former UToronto VP Jon Dellandrea is now available [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080730.woxford30/BNStory/International/home] .…
The Manitoba NDP government of Gary Doer announced [http://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?archive=2008-07-01&item=4174]the creation of the “Commission on Tuition Fees and Accessibility to Post Secondary Education in Manitoba” yesterday. The commission consists of one person, Dr. Benjamin Levin [http://home.oise.utoronto.…
Six university presidents recently [http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15083&Itemid=101] spent a week in Israel visiting institutions and signing agreements. The trip was funded in part by the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy [http://www.cija.ca/eng/home.…
The Tim Horton’s driven-thru [http://www.thespec.com/News/BreakingNews/article/410906]…
Canadian universities have poured a lot of resources into planning and preparation for potential emergencies/disasters on their campuses. (I’ve been following this story closely and will have a report on it when I return from vacation at the end of August) Every university (to the best of my…
I’ve updated the presidential contract chart [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/university-presidential-contracts/] to include contracts for Executive Heads of OCAD and Queen’s. I’m going to be adding contracts across the country in the near future.…
The Barrie Examiner devotes [http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1130762] their Saturday editorial to out-of-control university presidential compensation.…