Feds pump $163 mil into research
The federal government gave researchers across the country a Valentine’s gift last Thursday with the announcement of $163 million in new funding to establish 11 new “Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research.” The centres are to pursue major discoveries and work to bring them to customers over…
The Oshawa housing battle continues
A group calling itself “concerned Niagara citizens” is distributing a flyer complaining about a proposed apartment building for students. Apparently there is at least one individual who is not satisfied that students are being driven out of the neighbourhoods surrounding the University of Ontario Institute of Technology by…
Donors at Ryerson getting stingy—maybe
Paul Stenton, a vice-president at Ryerson University, says alumni donations to the university have fallen by 5 per cent in the past five years, the student paper the Eyeopenerreported. But Bob Baker, the executive director of university advancement, says they have been growing. Baker said that this has…
Play hooky, go to jail
A mother in England has been sentenced to six weeks in jail for allowing her 13-year-old daughter to play hooky. Ann Watson’s daughter has only showed up for class once in the last nine months. The judge felt that there was no other alternative after a number of…
University College of Fraser Valley joins CASA
Students at the University College of Fraser Valley in British Columbia have decided to join the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. Students voted for membership in CASA during a week long referendum with 74 per cent of students voting in favour of membership. CASA is the second largest…
$33.5 million for Brock University
John Milloy, Ontario’s Minister of Training, Colleges, and Universities continues his tour of Ontario universities and colleges announcing projects receiving government funding. The latest announcement is $33.5 million for Brock University’s new Health and Biosciences Research Complex. “The Niagara Health and Biosciences Research Complex along with the Centre…
Oshawa students encouraged to file human rights complaints against city
The student association representing students at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Durham College is encouraging students to file human rights complaints against the City of Oshawa after a city committee passed a bylaw which will restrict student housing in the area surrounding the UOIT/DC campus.…
At the Auto Show
I am checking out the Canadian International Auto Show this morning. Centennial College is holding a competition for high school students which I am going to take photographs of. I notice that a lot of post-secondary institutions are present with kiosks. I may grab some pictures of those…
SFUO voting underway
Wassim Garzouzi, editor in chief of the French language student newspaper at SFUO, is covering the SFUO election today on his newly created blog: http://sfuo.blogspot.com He tells me "There might be a few typos, but I will keep updating it throughout the day and more importantly, throughout the…
Campus Pick: Great Northern Concrete Toboggan
This week we honour a misunderstood group of students on our campuses: the engineers. With their weird rituals, unique communication "skillz", love of BEvERages, and STUNenTS (to say nothing of their smell) it is easy to see why they are seen as different by the rest of the…