Staffing issues at University of Manitoba Students’ Union

The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (Local 103) is having some staffing issues at its student union run restaurant Degrees. The Manitobanreports on these issues [http://www.themanitoban.com/2007-2008/0326/105.employees.quit.Degrees.citing.umsu.php] this week. The environment is such that employees of the students union…

SFSS politics will be interesting this coming year

The Simon Fraser Students Society executive election winners are now posted. This could be an interesting year. Joe Paling, who cast himself as the strongest proponent of independence from the Canadian Federation of Students, is the preliminary winner [http://www.sfss.ca/elections/iecindex.htm] of the presidency. Natalie Bocking,…

CFS-BC vs BC Transit in the Supreme Court of Canada

York University’s Osgoode Hall blog, The Court, offers an excellent summary [http://www.thecourt.ca/2008/03/26/the-breadth-of-our-freedom-of-expression/] of the court case argued before the SCC yesterday between the Canadian Federation of Students – British Columbia Component et al.…

Gophers vs Man - round one

Andrew Potter likes to [http://forums.macleans.ca/advansis/?mod=for&act=dip&pid=109605&tid=109605&eid=22&so=1&ps=20&sb=1] follow [http://forums.macleans.ca/advansis/?mod=for&act=dip&pid=109404&tid=109404&eid=22&so=1&ps=25&sb=1] the [http://forums.…

I (heart) Chris Drew

On March 17, I attended the Bob Rae event on by-election day. One of the most popular people in the room was Chris Drew. Drew is the President of the Toronto-Centre Young Liberals and Vice-President Finance of the Ryerson Students Union. One of the most popular items in the room…

Inside the ballpark - the Everywhere Girl

A bit inside the ballpark for my regular reader who used to enjoy my coverage [http://www.joeycoleman.ca/archives/2005/04/16/u-of-m-dell-everywhere-girl/] of the Everywhere Girl. Another blogger has put together a collection of books [http://blog.ideeinc.com/2008/01/22/everywhere-girl-the-book/] which use the image of…