Ryerson tackles racism
After a year-long enquiry into racism at Ryerson University, a 107-page report has been released detailing feelings of exclusion and harassment felt by some members of the university’s visible minorities.
According to the report, the need for the taskforce sparked in 2008 after a cycle of racist occurrences that began happening on a regular basis.
U of A breaks dodge ball record
More than 1,200 students, staff and faculty dipped, dodged and ducked at the University of Alberta Feb. 5 to break a Guinness World Record and make dodge ball history.
The event broke the record for the largest number of players in a dodge ball game.
The record was previously held by San Diego State University with 420 players in a game.
Resembling a scene from Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, participants gathered in the university’s Butterdome Universiade Pavilion to hurl red foam balls at their opponents.
First Nations University of Canada may close
Canada’s only First Nations post-secondary school may soon close due to financial scandals and a mishandled school board, the federal government said.
UVic fined $10,000 for false fire alarms
A Victoria fire department has levied nearly $10,000 in fines against the University of Victoria for a yearlong spree of false alarms coming from the campus residences.
The fines are meant to be a warning to future pranksters, but the fire chief said penalties need to be harsher.
“It’s not much of a deterrent,” said Saanich Fire Chief Dave Ward.
The city issues a warning after the third false alarm. Fines are imposed after a fourth false alarm.
McGill abandons take-out
McGill University students Amanda Garbutt and April Engelberg, both 21, started their own cooking show, The Hot Plate, which aired regularly on TVMcGill and online.
Engelberg, a fourth-year English major, credits good friend Garbutt with getting her interested in cooking. She said she wanted to start a cooking show and she wanted the fourth-year sociology major to be the “star.”
