A Ryerson University student is facing possible expulsion for sharing homework tips with other students on Facebook. First-year student Chris Avenir has been accused of cheating for setting up a Facebook group where 146 engineering students discussed homework assignments worth 10 per cent of their mark, the Toronto Starreports [http:…
I have this real love/hate thing going on with The Western Gazette. Some days, I really love their coverage and then there are others when I really hate it. Today, it’s love [http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=News&articleID=1246&month=03&day=06&year=…
The Concordian ran an article [http://www.theconcordian.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=f75f68e0-151f-4aea-ad66-361cd6e4c6f6] about the end of the CMSF foundation Tuesday which focused on the reality that Quebec students will likely be excluded from the new grant program due to Ottawa’s love of appeasing side-deals…
Wassim Garzouzi [http://wassim.ca/], "Blogger-in-Chief" of the amazing The SFUO Blog™ [http://sfuo.blogspot.com/] and Rédacteur en chef of La Rotonde [http://www.larotonde.ca/], has invited me to be a guest on air this afternoon. Tune in to CHUO 89.1FM in Ottawa, channel 943 on Rogers…
Ontario’s Minister of Training, Colleges, and Universities John Milloy continues his "I’ve got money to hand out" trip across the province. Today, he is in Ottawa again with $5-million [http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2008/06/c9382.html] for Carleton University. This brings the total for…
The Cape Breton Students’ Union is angry at the Canadian Federation of Students (Canada’s biggest student lobby group) for not showing up at their recent rally. The union organized a rally with students, residents, university administrators and politicians to raise awareness about controversial recommendations from a provincial education panel.…
Paris Meilleur over at the Alliance of Nova Scotia Student Associations has publicly added her voice to those concerned about the loss of the Millennium Scholarship Foundation research. As reported here [http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/02/27/budget-2008-is-giving-more-students-less-money-really-victory/] , the Foundation will be replaced next year by the Canada…
In an effort to prevent campus shootings like the recent North Illinois tragedy, Arizona State is considering a bill that would allow concealed guns on campuses. The bill is being sponsored by Senator Karen S. Johnson and has been approved the Senate Judiciary Committee. It would allow people with concealed…