An Ontario Human Rights Commission investigator has found that York University’s practice of cancelling classes on Jewish holidays is discriminatory. In a report to be considered by the Commission, the investigator concluded that York’s policy discriminates against other religions. The Toronto Starreported [http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/…
Today, the Ontario government earned a great deal of respect by stepping in to save [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/04/01/first-nations-technical-institute-avoid-closure-for-one-year/] the First Nations Technical Institute from closing. The federal government decided that it would cut $1.5-million in annual funding to the institution saying that since…
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It appears that the Ontario government will be coming to the rescue of the First Nations Technical Institute after the federal government cut $1.5-million in annual funding to the institution. It has been unclear whether FNTI would be able to stay open after this academic year if funding did…
The University of Guelph student newspaper, *The Ontarion, *did a nice job covering recent CFS membership referendums. Their article, Fractured Federation [http://www.theontarion.ca/viewarticle.php?id_pag=1575], is creating a buzz within the circles of student politics. It follows a similar article [http://www.themanitoban.com/2007-2008/…
It is stories like this [http://www.theeyeopener.com/article/3850] that make me wonder if student health plans are really about the interests of students or of the student union. Millions of dollars a year in premiums from healthy individuals who are only covered for a year; I cannot…
I wrote [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/02/19/waterloo-students-say-enough-decide-to-keep-their-five-bucks/] a few weeks ago about student-levy supported radio stations, traditionally known as "campus radio stations." I wrote that I do not believe that students, with their non-existent income levels, should be paying for a service used by those with…