Universities under fire for buying ads to thank government for funding
Ryerson University and the University of Toronto are under fire from the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations after placing advertisements thanking the Ontario government for recent funding announcements. Ryerson placed advertisements in the National Post, The Globe and Mail, and Toronto Star a month ago following the…
Budget 2008 fails First Nation post-secondary students
While I was in Ottawa last week, I took the opportunity to ask Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, about the First Nations Technical Institute issue. Basically, the federal government recently cut funding to the institution (that offers apprenticeships, diplomas, bachelor’s degrees, and even a…
York gets it…
York University’s vice-president students says, in a letter to the National Post, that York University considers the actions of the York Federation of Students in cancelling a debate last Thursday "regrettable." Robert Tiffin says that York’s administration is working to arrange a suitable venue within university controlled space…
Want to save money on tuition?
Are you willing to take 8:30am classes in order to do so? If you answered yes, there’s an university for you. I really like this idea – hopefully campuses in Canada will look at it as a way to better utilize their resources.…
Is there really a rape crisis on campus?
This provocative article from the L.A. Times says there is no crisis, it is merely a creation of those with an agenda to push. Well, I don’t actually agree with the article, it does make a good point – there is no clear definition of what sexual assault…
So you want to be president?
Great, now go read this… Your back? Go read it again……
You know your campaign is over
when you get hit with back-to-back J-Board rulings and the resulting negative publicity. (In this case, mixed publicity) One thing I note is the ability of the students’ union council and the students union executive to actually deal with the matter at hand in a transparent and accountable…
What a preventable tragedy
The fire in Hamilton Ontario which claimed the lives of five people, including three children may not have been fatal if there were working fire alarms installed in the house. The fire occurred only two blocks from my home. Many people in the community are devastated by what…
Chris Drew
Toronto-Centre’s man of international mystery. (6th picture)…
Let’s talk transparency and accountability
Does anyone know where a regular student can find a copy of the agenda for this weekend’s Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance General Meeting? If a student cannot find it online, then it is not transparent. A student having to come into their student union office is not transparency…