UManitoba's new site: Virtual Learning Commons
I am loving this new site. Luckily, I have decided to take one course for the school year (6 units) by extended education. As a registered student, I can use the Assignment Manager and Calendar. This new site is pretty much a centralized collection of LRC information but…
Fire the Team
Just fire the team, save Money… find a Hamilton High School team, put them on the field. It be much better football for sure.…
Statistics Canada on Tuition
Statistics Canada has released a report today on tuition.It is very interesting. The MSU had no clue it came out, so I gave them a quick brief and pointed out the huge opportunity this presents to lobby on behalf of students. Funny eh, I am MSU Public Enemy…
Annoucement by Minister Bentley at McMaster University this morning
Attention News Editors:New Award Created To Honour Teaching Excellence At Ontario’s Colleges And UniversitiesMcGuinty Government On The Side Of Families Who Want Their Sons AndDaughters To Find OpportunityHAMILTON, ON, Sept. 1 /CNW/ – The McGuinty government is launching a newaward that will recognize teaching excellence at Ontario’s colleges…
Busy Day in PSE
Today, we can expect three major news items related to PSE. StatsCan Annual Report on Tuition (already out – will post very soon) The Minister’s announcement at McMaster (happening right now 10am) The EPI (Educational Policy Institute) is releasing a report entitled: “Beyond the Sticker Price)I will do…
More Colbert Green Screen Challenge
This one is great:…
Liberals using the image of the Canadian Forces for Political Purposes
I was surprised that the Liberals had this kind of gall. One of their banner pictures shows the Canadian Forces saluting with the Liberal Party of Canada logo super imposed onto the picture: http://www.liberal.ca/images/headers/header_10.jpgThis from a party that when in Government did nothing for the Canadian Forces and…
DDR Colbert Edition
I really enjoyed this one:…
Stephen Colbert: He Gets It!
One of Colbert’s catchphrases to his audience is that they “Get It”. Actually Stephen Colbert Gets It. He is one of the few TV shows that embraces the Internet and we have embraced him right back.Mark over at What is the (Next) Message? writes a great post entitled:…
The Best Episode of Colbert!
The First!I remember watching the first episode of Colbert back in October and I was hooked.I have to download it from the internet in October because at the time, Colbert was not available in Canada.This episode has still not been played in Canada.…