Full ruling in CFS-O Ancillary Fee Case
My apologies, I’m normally on the ball with these things. A reader emailed me today asking if I had a copy of the full ruling released Friday in the CFS-O ancillary fee class action case. I do. Here is the full ruling in PDF format.…
Raise the drinking age to 21?
Middlesex-London Health Unit is asking the Ontario government to raise the legal drinking age in the province to 21, according to an article in today’s Globe and Mail. The health board believes this will decrease the number of college and university students who are consuming alcohol. They are…
Dalton knew about illegal college fees
The Canadian Federation of Students – Ontario won a significant victory by losing in the Superior Court of Ontario today. The CFS-O had backed a $200-million class action lawsuit against Ontario colleges for charging ancillary fees in violation of provincial government guidelines. The courts dismissed the suit today…
“We do not accede to thuggish tactics by mobs”
University of Toronto President David Naylor’s response to last week’s protest and sit-in at the university’s administrative building, Simcoe Hall. ** Click here to read the original story.* ** Click here for video of the incident* ** For an analysis of the New College fee increase that sparked…
Laurentian unhappy with funding formula
*The Sault Star *editorial Tuesday says that Laurentian University is losing $1 million a year in provincial funding for graduate students due to the distribution of those students not fitting a provincial funding formula. LU was funded to admit 25 new PhD students and 95 new master’s students…
Low-income participation down 25% in Scotland
Despite no tuition (students pay an "endowment fee" upon graduation), the number of youth from lower-income backgrounds attending university immediately following high-school is down 25% in Scotland. *The Herald *reports: "Fewer pupils from deprived backgrounds are going to university in Scotland despite a raft of initiatives to widen…
Staffing issues at University of Manitoba Students’ Union
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union (Local 103) is having some staffing issues at its student union run restaurant Degrees. The Manitobanreports on these issues this week. The environment is such that employees of the students union required anonymity in speaking to the student newspaper. While I will…
SFSS politics will be interesting this coming year
The Simon Fraser Students Society executive election winners are now posted. This could be an interesting year. Joe Paling, who cast himself as the strongest proponent of independence from the Canadian Federation of Students, is the preliminary winner of the presidency. Natalie Bocking, who is one of the…
CFS-BC vs BC Transit in the Supreme Court of Canada
York University’s Osgoode Hall blog, The Court, offers an excellent summary of the court case argued before the SCC yesterday between the Canadian Federation of Students – British Columbia Component et al.…
Gophers vs Man – round one
Andrew Potter likes to follow the war that monkeys are waging against mankind. He sees this as a threat we are not paying enough attention to. I, on the other hand, believe that gophers pose a greater danger to the True North Strong and Free. You don’t see…