The Ontario government announced [http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/news/Product.asp?ProductID=2117&Lang=EN] some details about its new travel grants for post-secondary students from rural or northern communities, which were announced recently with the provincial budget. But from the government is saying so far, I’m…
At Michigan State University, the police used teargas and flashbangs [://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2008/04/cedar_fest_crowds_disipate_by_about_3] to disperse a student riot. Not only that, 6 students managed to get themselves suspended [http://www.statenews.com/index.php/article/2008/04/6_…
Other than the fact that I hate heat and can barely lift my textbooks, I have little patience for people getting in the way of firefighters. Last weekend’s events [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/02/06/deny-deny-deny/] at UBC are the perfect example of why you don’t…
Yesterday was the last day of classes at McMaster University in Hamilton. The GO train I was on was busier than usual with many students travelling home and not returning to the McMaster campus until the days of their exams. The McMaster Students’ Union is taking advantage of this to…
Yesterday was the last day of classes at McMaster University in Hamilton. The GO train I was on was busier than usual with many students travelling home and not returning to the McMaster campus until the days of their exams. The McMaster Students’ Union is taking advantage of this to…
I am attending the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance Partners in Education Dinner [http://www.ousa.on.ca/uploaded_files/OUSA_Invite_revised.pdf] in Toronto tonight. The dinner begins at 7:00pm. Getting from Hamilton to Toronto during rush is a bit of a challenge as one is "reverse commuting"…
Canada must improve the educational outcomes of aboriginals and new immigrants in order to prosper in the global economy, according to the executive vice-president of The Canadian Council of Chief Executives. “It is clear that Canada cannot rest on its laurels,” said David Stewart-Patterson in a keynote speech at an…
Although Canada has made progress in expanding the number of students pursuing post-secondary education, there are still major hurdles for many, says Norman Riddell, CEO of the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation. “That progress is uneven; some segments of our society do not have access,” he said in his opening remarks…