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On Jan. 13, 57 per cent of full-time college faculty voted in favour of a strike mandate that would the effect the education of 500,000 students across Ontario. After a series of unsuccessful meetings, negotiations are still taking place, but a strike deadline has been set for Feb. 11.

Many of Ontario’s college students worry that a strike would result in a losing a semester.

A British Columbia Supreme Court judge ruled Jan. 5 that disabled University of Victoria student Alkis Gerd’son, who has lived on campus for the last 18 years, will be allowed remain in residence despite the university’s attempts to evict him.

Despite this ruling, Gerd’son is taking his case to the BC human rights tribunal because he has said the university is discriminating against him based on his disability.

Airports are not the only place upping security these days.

An increasing number of professional programs now require students to give a digital print of their finger, thumb, or veins in their palm to write high-stakes entrance tests for professional programs such as medicine and business.

Students were among the thousands of Canadians who gave up their Saturday afternoon to gather at Parliament Hill Jan. 23, protesting Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s second prorogation within the last year.

For Paige Galette, a second-year political science student at University of Ottawa who attended the rally, the prorogation has direct consequences. As a Haitian Canadian, she said she was “shocked” by the timing of the prorogation.

“I have family [in Haiti] so it affects me personally,” Galette said.

The University of Ottawa’s campus security unconditionally revoked a No Trespassing Notice on Jan. 11 that was issued to a teaching assistant accused of painting graffiti. The notice barred the student from campus and he said he suffered from “discrimination, interference, and humiliation,” as a result.