Carleton President Resigns
**“effective Immediately”**This sounds like there is an interesting back story to this. Should be interesting to see what comes out in the near future. News Release Carleton University Announces Change in Leadership **November 20, 2006 ** Ottawa ON, November 20, 2006 — Dr. David W. Atkinson, President and…
The Ubyssey Online » Vice-President Academic resigns (University of British Columbia
Reading this article, I am impressed with the direction that UBC is taking in creating the position “Leader of Education Innovation”. This seems to be a great idea and they seem to have the right person to lead it. Hopefully the clout of the person heading up the…
Call Out: I Need Information on Campus Pubs and Their Losts
Yesterday, I posted the statement for the McMaster Students’ Union run pub, Quarters. I posted they it had lost $208,000 dollars in just one year.Today, the Carleton SU Chair writes that the CUSA ran pub, Olivers, has actually lost more money than this and that these kind of…
Ontario's Universities – They Claim To Be Transparent, BUT in Practice….
They are not. I have been reading plenty of articles of late about Ontario universities fighting to keep things secret in light of the extension of Freedom of Information legislation to cover them. I have been impressed at how much effort certain universities have put into using FOI to actually hide things! Yes,…
Ontario's Universities – They Claim To Be Transparent, BUT in Practice….
They are not. I have been reading plenty of articles of late about Ontario universities fighting to keep things secret in light of the extension of Freedom of Information legislation to cover them. I have been impressed at how much effort certain universities have put into using FOI to actually hide things! Yes,…
Jenn – Genevieve's space: SFSS Impeachment Email Campaign
Of interest to my readers from Simon Fraser SFSS Impeachment Email Campaign, Pass It On! As everyone is well aware, a large portion of the SFU student body recently voted to impeach several directors of the SFSS. Glyn Lewis, Margo Dunnet, Vanessa Kelly, Wei Li, Erica Halpern, and…
Jenn – Genevieve's space: SFSS Impeachment Email Campaign
Of interest to my readers from Simon Fraser SFSS Impeachment Email Campaign, Pass It On! As everyone is well aware, a large portion of the SFU student body recently voted to impeach several directors of the SFSS. Glyn Lewis, Margo Dunnet, Vanessa Kelly, Wei Li, Erica Halpern, and…
Quarters Balance Sheet
It seems that there is a little smear campaign under way against me by the MSU Executive claiming that I am a liar. Lets start with Quarters. This is just one year’s lost at Quarters: Yes, the campus bar managed to lose over $200,000 dollars in just one…
Update on the Silhouette Editor Being Fired by the MSU Politicians
(Prior to reading this, read The Eyeopener at Ryerson’s Editorial on this matter.) Now, the second full week of the MSU procedural crisis caused by the MSU Board of Directors (the elected President and three appointed Vice-Presidents) firing, without cause, the Silhouette Executive Editor (Editor-in-Chief) in complete and…
The McGill Daily – SSMU councillors mull over national representation
The McGill Daily reports on the CFS attempts to take in the SSMU. I found the following section to be interesting: Students would vote on whether or not to become a full member at a referendum later this year. Prospective membership would give CFS the right to campaign…