April 5, 2013 4:17 pm
As for-profit colleges enter the Ontario market, they attract students looking to improve their academic future. Many do not even require a high school diploma; students simply must pass an entry test to gain admission.
April 5, 2013 4:10 pm
Iacobucci explained that in the judicial district of Kenora, roughly 33 per cent of the population lives on reserves. However, only 10 per cent of residents are on the Kenora jury rolls. In Thunder Bay’s judicial district, those living on reserve make up five per cent of the population whereas only 1.3 per cent of them are on juries.
April 4, 2013 7:07 pm
The Ontario Liberal government has released a new tuition framework that will see tuition capped at three per cent for the next four years. This contrasts the former framework that capped the increase at five per cent.
April 2, 2013 5:46 pm
Davis was invited to mark the opening of the McMaster Centre for Scholarship in the Public Interest. Henry Giroux, the centre’s director, emphasized Davis’ great commitment to engaged education.
April 2, 2013 5:21 pm
Former University of Ottawa professor Denis Rancourt has lost a bid to derail the $1 million defamation lawsuit filed against him by U of O professor Joanne St. Lewis.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz has just released a new collection of short stories titled This Is How You Lose Her, which he read from at the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) last weekend. The Strand sat down with him to discuss his new work.
I didn’t think much of you the first time we met. I was young and ignorant and you were just amongst the other 26 letters hidden somewhere in the middle, quiet and passive. I apologize now for the way I neglected you. Remembering all of those hours wasted with vowels — those damn popular vowels.
In October 2011, 85 per cent of students who voted said yes to a redistribution of $10.35 from their tuition to help fund and support a new radio station. Despite an attempt to reclaim the 88.1 FM frequency, which included what Ryerson President Sheldon Levy called “a huge amount of work,” Radio Ryerson lost the bid.