Federal Election VII: I’ll do it tomorrow
I have a slightly different take on Stephane Dion’s Post-Secondary plan than my colleague and I was going to write that take tonight….. but…. I decided to catch up with one of my NDP friends tonight and we went out to a local establishment here in Hamilton and…
Dion would boost student aid, research funding
My news story on Dion’s PSE platform is now live. We’re working on a summary opinion piece right now… expect that soon.…
Impressions of Conestoga College
Dion’s announcement resulted in me finally visiting Kitchener/Waterloo’s Conestoga College today.After taking the bus from Hamilton to Cambridge, I hoped onto a city bus for the final leg of my trip. I’ve never been on a city bus while travelling on through a series of corn fields, which…
Liberal PSE plan news release online
I’m just heading the road to catch up with the Liberal campaign and have three minutes to get out the door. Here’s the release: http://www.liberal.ca/story_14632_e.aspx Enjoy discussing…. I’m offline until 1:30pm. UPDATE: My news story on the announcement is now live.…
FNTI: funding runs out in April
This week, The Eyeopenerincludes a story about the joint Ryerson-First Nations Technical Institute programs which are threated by the lack of support from the federal government for FNTI. In the last year, I’ve written extensively about FNTI and the difficulties it faces in light of federal funding cuts.…
Federal Election IV: Liberals to release PSE platform tomorrow
I’m told that Stéphane Dion will unveiling the Liberal party’s post-secondary education plan tomorrow during his scheduled appearance at the University of Western Ontario in the morning. I’ll have my report up early in the afternoon. I will also be trying to catch up with Dion’s campaign bus…
Canada’s longest Tim Horton’s line
I made a quick trip into Toronto this morning to attend the unveiling of the Ryerson AMC Lecture Theatres. I travelled from Union Station in the lower part of downtown by foot to Ryerson. The new theatre is on the southern edge of Ryerson University and I decided…
Informing on the textbook grant
I was on-campus for a few hours at McMaster today meeting with people at The Silhouette. During my time there, the textbook credit came up in conversation. A student had just learned of it yesterday and immediately applied. Word is being spread by the McMaster Students Union which…
BC reviewing student loan interest rates
Murray Coell, B.C.’s minister responsible for screwing up advanced education, tells theVictoria News that his province is reviewing their student loan interest rates. If BC decides to lower interest rates, it will join Alberta, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland in recently doing so.…
UKentucky cuts land lines; saves $840K
The University of Kentucky no longer includes a land line phone as part of their residence package. The University toldThe Associated Press the move will save the university $840,000 dollars and is preventing an increase to residence rates this year. Interestingly, only seven students requested land lines during…