(Yes, I’m grasping for a title on this.) I’m attending a conference on aboriginal education at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Brantford campus today. Being the closest university campus to Canada’s most populated reservation, The Six Nations, I’m expecting to learn much at this conference. One of…
Tomorrow, I will be attending a “unconference” about public transit in the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area at Hamilton’s McMaster University. The conference is hosted by a group called the Metronauts. The Metronaunts are a group of transit enthusiasts who are working to improve public transit. They held their first conference…
Today, May 1st, is the busiest day of the year for student union executive transitions. First of all, congratulations to all those who were legitimately elected in free and fair elections. (To the others, don’t expect me to treat you with any legitimacy.) If you are mentioned on this…
Some concerning news reported today on The Chronicle of Higher Education‘s news blog [http://chronicle.com/news/]. First, the US credit crunch is causing [http://chronicle.com/news/article/4418/fed-chairman-says-subsidy-cuts-contributed-to-lender-exodus] a great deal of concern about the availability of commercial student loans. The American government is not involved…
Self-published writer Terry Fallis [http://terryfallis.com/] is the winner [http://www.macleans.ca/culture/wire/article.jsp?content=e043044A] of the 2008 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour for his book The Best Laid Plans. Prior to his book, Fallis was a person of trivia to me. Fallis was…
It’s been over a month since an Ontario court tossed out [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/03/28/class-action-lawsuit-against-ontario-colleges-dismissed/] a $200-million class action lawsuit [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2007/06/05/students-launch-lawsuit-against-ontario-colleges/] against Ontario colleges for charging ancillary fees in violation of provincial government guidelines. The courts…
US News and World Report‘s Paper Trail blog noted [http://www.usnews.com/blogs/paper-trail/2008/4/28/could-drownings--including-a-minnesota-students--be-related.html] a story which is quickly developing in American. Two retired New York City detectives believe that around 40 drowning of college age males may be the work of a…
The Harvard Crimsonreports [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=523417] that the number of students receiving Pell Grants, the main form of federal student aid in American, is up. The numbers still show a lack of economic diversity at Harvard, no surprise there. The surprise to me was the…