ON CAMPUS Daily update – 06 Nov 07
ORIGINALLY POSTED AT *MACLEAN’S *ONLINE Another looming faculty strike Part-time faculty at Concordia are threatening strike action, according to the student paper The Link. After six years without a contract part-time faculty at Concordia university have voted 97 per cent in favour of strike action. The faculty demands…
City raids student houses in Oshawa
Imagine how you would feel if you woke up from a nap to find nine unexpected, uniformed people in your bedroom searching through your personal belongings. This is the challenge posed by Katherine McFadden, a scenario that closely resembles the experience of her daughter—a first-year student at Durham…
Engineer, teach thyself
It travels faster than the speed limit on any Canadian highway, can drive coast-to-coast without stopping for gas, often gets mistaken for a UFO, and does all of this on less power than it takes to operate a toaster. It is the University of Waterloo’s solar-powered car, the…
Is there really a looming university space crunch in Toronto?
With a provincial election in Ontario just around the corner, now is an ideal time to lobby politicians. And nowhere is that more apparent than in the pages of The Globe and Mail and *Toronto Star *in their articles about the looming space crunch at Toronto universities. The…
How can I save money on textbooks?
Joey Coleman takes his textbook list on a hunt for the cheapest prices You can tell it’s almost September because of the back-to-school sale signs that are beginning to pop-up. And while the sales may mean cheap pencils to some people, for university students, they mean getting gouged…
New security legislation will cost universities thousands
New private security measures recently enacted by the Ontario government may cost colleges and universities thousands of dollars. The legislation—designed to ensure security guards at retail stores, banks, and so on are properly trained—was not intended to apply specifically to educational institutions. However, the law will require special…
How do I manage my personal finances?
For many students April is not only the season of all-night studying, but also of scraping together pennies to afford food and other necessities for those last few weeks before returning to the financial haven of a summer job. How can your personal financial choices during the year…
Student lobby group sues students’ unions
The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations(CASA)has filed lawsuits against two students’ unions, a move that some student leaders are calling hypocritical. The suits claim that the unions owe membership fees from 2005, the year the unions terminated membership in CASA. CASA—which is the second largest student lobby group…
Nickel-and-diming the student body
Two students launched a $200-million class-action lawsuit earlier this month against Ontario colleges, arguing that illegal fees that violate the tuition freeze are being charged. And with the long list of extra fees colleges and universities nickel-and-dime students with, it’s easy to understand the motivation behind the suit.…
Ontario government vows to curb illegal fees on heels of class action lawsuit
The Ontario government publicly announced that colleges cannot legally charge ancillary fees for academic or capital costs. The announcement came only days after two students launched a $200-million class action lawsuit against the provinces colleges, arguing that they have been charging the computer, laboratory, locker, and other fees…