In response to rumours that funding for aboriginal post-secondary students could be drastically changed by the federal government, the First Nations Education Council is circulating a petition to maintain the current program while increasing funding.
KELOWNA, B.C. (CUP) — UBC Okanagan Student Society (UBCSUO) has won the case brought against it in the BC Supreme Court by the pro-life group on campus that was denied club status. At a special general meeting, students of UBC Okanangan voted resoundingly against funding the club.
TORONTO (CUP) — Two riot squads, 138 arrests, more than 600 fines, and 8,000 people at an illegal, all-night street party made for a $300,000 policing bill. By the numbers, Queen’s University Homecoming this year was a thing to behold.
TORONTO (CUP) — Last week, the Carleton University Students’ Association passed a motion nearly unanimously which read, in part: “Whereas Cystic fibrosis has been recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men [ . . . ] be it resolved that: CUSA discontinue its support of this campaign.”
While scores of chronically offended, hyper-politically correct people are apparently on the lookout for any sign of discrimination, the last thing we need is a government sanctioned, quasi-judicial body telling us what we can and cannot say.
EDMONTON (CUP) — The cost of living and tuition aren’t the only numbers on the rise at universities, as the University of Alberta’s Campus Food Bank is experiencing an increase in clients.