U of T gains in latest ranking
Another university ranking report has been released, and the University of Toronto found itself in an unfamiliar position — ahead of McGill University.
The Times Higher Education Magazine, based in the UK, released their annual worldwide university rankings last week.
Of the top 200 schools, nine were Canadian universities and three of those were ranked in the top 50 overall.
Guelph reacts to racism in residence
Two discoveries of anti-black graffiti in the University of Guelph’s student residences on Sept. 4 have prompted a campus-wide anti-racism campaign.
On move-in day, a parent and residence assistants found the word “nigger” scrawled on a residence wall in two places in marker, according to Demetria Jackson, communications and corporate affairs commissioner of the university’s Central Student Association (CSA).
Frosh week tragedy at Queen’s
Cameron Bruce’s university career ended before it began when he died Sept. 13 after falling from his Queen’s University residence room window, investigators said.
A first-year student from Westport, Conn., Bruce, 18, had just finished Frosh week.
Kingston police chief Stephen Tanner said in a press release it is believed his death was caused by the fall, and alcohol may have been a factor.
UWO strike unlikely
While Carleton faculty will vote Oct. 4-5 about a possible strike, their counterparts at the University of Western Ontario head to the polls Oct. 1.
However, Western Faculty Association president James Compton said it is too early for students to get angry. “Strike votes are very common,” Compton said. “We’ve had three strike votes over the years here, and in each case we helped bring about a resolution.”
He said while he anticipates a favourable vote result, he does not expect an actual strike.
Aboriginal students hit the hill
Over 1,000 Aboriginal Canadians and their supporters gathered on Parliament Hill Sept. 23 to protest what they see as unfair government funding policies.
A protest and cultural celebration were held by the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) to push for increased federal government support for aboriginal education.
Federal funding for First Nations school boards has been capped at 2 per cent every year since 2006.
