I attended the Green Party of Canada Convention tonight wearing my “GlobeCampus hat” looking to write a story about the youth summit they are holding as part of the convention. At the same time as the youth summit, the motions workshops were underway. Motion workshops are when members of a political party can propose ideas [...]
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Taking a summer internship with my hometown paper – The Hamilton Spectator
I’ve quickly updated my website design this evening to include the Facebook like feature to each of my posts. It took less than a minute thanks to this informative post I found via @BlogHighEd (http://www.bloghighed.org/)
The Ottawa Citizen reported today on allegations by Carleton University Student Assoication vice-president (student issues) and Ontario Progressive Conservative Campus Association presidential candidate Nick Bergamini that he was accosted by a group of individuals Monday morning on a bridge connecting Gatineau, QC and Ottawa. Bergamini alleges he and his Israeli roommate, Mark Klibanov, were chased [...]
Last week, in The McMaster Silhouette, I called on McMaster Student Union vice-president education Chris Martin to clear the air about the resignation of Arati Sharma as national director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. This week Chris Martin very professionally responded to the request with an elegant opinion piece submitted to The Silhouette. [...]
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The Winnipeg Free Press editorial Thursday called on native leaders to discuss the recent report Free to Learn: Giving Aboriginal Youth Control over Their Post-Secondary Education by the Macdonald Laurier Institute instead of dismissing it out of hand. The focused on the Post-Secondary Student Support Program and called for its replacement with education savings trust funds given [...]
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To say I’m not the traditional demographic of the opera is to fail to realize the opera is modern
Francophones less likely to see value in university education: http://tgam.ca/F5k #cdnpse # Woman's groups making themselves heard about gender imbalance in higher ed. http://bit.ly/5BSFP7 and http://bit.ly/8bYHwz #cdnpse # Confusing CBC article Halifax city councillor who doesn't want anti-student bylaw similar to Oshawa: http://bit.ly/4MtEm8 #cdnpse # If I read another "people talk on Facebook about [subject]," [...]
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I'm at McDonald's again. It's a great study spot, probably shouldn't be tweeting and spreading the word. # Only McGuinty can prevent college strike. My latest @globecampus: http://tgam.ca/F10 #cdnpse # @cdnpse It's more that I'm married to my school work and writing. in reply to cdnpse # @TerryFallis I thought you were playing Jeopardy. Guess [...]
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@alexsevigny Spacing is a hot item these days, and leading the "community building" revolution for magazines. in reply to alexsevigny # @qui_oui yeah, Christmas parties are fun in reply to qui_oui # @alexsevigny According to @qui_oui status, she's at a CFS-O mtg. I'm working on my writing. Way to go us on a Saturday night. [...]
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