Tuesday reading
Three articles that I read this morning which deserve links. Phase out freeze – Manitoba is reviewing its tuition structure and all sides will be lobbying for various changes. (In the case of the CFS, they prefer no change) In the Business section of the Winnipeg Sun, Chuck…
Almost on leave
As announced on my personal blog last month, I will be taking the month of August off to rest and prepare for September. There will be the odd post here during the next few weeks.…
UofT’s bookstore is evil
I went to the University of Toronto bookstore yesterday afternoon to purchase a book. I called ahead and they put it aside for me at the second floor information desk. Not sure which floor was the second floor, I went to the first information desk I saw upon…
Transportation Security
I travel by public transportation everywhere I go. Most of my trips are in the Greater Toronto Area and I take a GO Bus to the nearest train station to travel on the train into Toronto for the vast majority of those trips. When I go to Winnipeg,…
UBC to get student centre in 2014
The University of British Columbia – Vancouver campus undergraduate students union, the Alma Mater Society, voted Wednesday night in favour of building a new Student Union Building at the campus. UBC put out a news release this evening on the building.…
Let’s roll King Danny’s wheel of potential candidates for MUN president
Former UToronto VP Jon Dellandrea is now available.…
Manitoba PSE to be reviewed by Ontario prof
The Manitoba NDP government of Gary Doer announced the creation of the “Commission on Tuition Fees and Accessibility to Post Secondary Education in Manitoba” yesterday. The commission consists of one person, Dr. Benjamin Levin, of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto.…
Canadian university presidents visit Israel
Six university presidents recently spent a week in Israel visiting institutions and signing agreements. The trip was funded in part by the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy. I do not object to the concept of university presidents traveling to Israel on a sponsored trip – these…
The latest fast food concept
The Tim Horton’s driven-thru…
Canadian universities more prepared than LA Times
Canadian universities have poured a lot of resources into planning and preparation for potential emergencies/disasters on their campuses. (I’ve been following this story closely and will have a report on it when I return from vacation at the end of August) Every university (to the best of my…