David Akin of Canwest News Servicessays [http://davidakin.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2008/6/23/3759802.html] his sources are telling him that briefing papers are being made ready for a new minister federally in Human Resources. This means Monte Solberg may be moving – and I get a new minister…
British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell announced [http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2005-2009/2008OTP0165-000983.htm] his election cabinet in a shuffle today. I immediately looked for who the new minister of advanced education would be. Turns out the new minister is same as the old. I guess Campbell…
The Ontario Ministry of Transportation is making [http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2008/24/c7343.html] another public transit announcement at a GO Transit station tomorrow. I always find these announcements to be ironic since they usually involve speeches about encouraging the use of public transit but everyone…
A Columbia University professor who garnered international attention after a noose was discovered hanging from her office door last fall has been fired over allegations of plagiarism, according to a report from the Associated Press [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iUwttmNvW7iOK6GKRxlAY1OgnGeQD91GIIB00]. Administrators at Columbia’s Teacher’s College said in…
The BBC reports [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7466514.stm] that an Iranian student who accused her vice-chancellor of sexual harassment – sparking large protests [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/06/16/iranian-students-protest-en-masse/] – has been arrested by local authorities. “The local prosecutor is reported to have said…
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty travelled [http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/Product.asp?ProductID=2331&Lang=EN] to his hometown college to announce $35-million in new capital funding today. The $35-million will help fund a new centre [http://www.algonquincollege.com/expansion/woodroffe.htm] for Ottawa-based Algonquin College [http:…
When University of Northern British Columbia president Don Cozzetto’s suddenly resigned [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/06/16/for-unbc-president-surprise-budget-cut-was-final-blow/] last month – in large part due to university funding cuts by the provincial government – there was mention that he would receive a reasonable severance package. My definition of “reasonable”…
The Israeli finance ministry is cutting [http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3558969,00.html] another NIS 920 million (277-mil CAD) from university budgets this coming year. This is on top of NIS 1.3 billion in cuts (20% of university funding) since 2003. Considering that both faculty and…