What’s up, doc?
Lack of space in Canadian medical schools is adding to the country’s doctor shortage. Every year thousands of eligible applicants are turned away from Canadian medical schools, despite our country’s shortage of working physicians.
“We need more seats,” said Dr. Evelyn Sutton, assistant dean of admissions at Dalhousie University. “We get excellent candidates every year, and every year a lot of them get turned down.”
Classroom comments not so wise
Allegations of racial prejudice and professional misconduct are being aimed at Sean Wise, a professor of business at Ryerson University and consultant for CBC-TV’s reality show Dragons’ Den.
Fifth-year student Evan Kosiner recently filed a complaint letter with the Ryerson University head office, claiming that Wise habitually makes improper remarks to students and behaves unprofessionally during classes.
Oil sands centre an ‘innovation’?
There seems to be a rush of interest in Canada for what our universities can do to help the environment and the University of Alberta is progressing steadily with its unique program, the Centre for Oil Sands Innovation (COSI).
COSI is a multi-million dollar project that is focused on finding newer, cheaper and cleaner ways of oil sands development.
UBC alma mater president asked to resign
University of British Columbia graduates narrowly avoided impeachment from their positions in the Alma Mater Society for filing a human rights complaint against the federal and provincial governments over access to post-secondary education.
President of the AMS, Blake Frederick filed the human rights complaint against the B.C. and federal governments Nov. 25 arguing that they are failing to make post-secondary education accessible because of increasing tuition fees.
Third-party site allows tuition payment by credit card
A third-year business student at the University of Alberta has found a way around the university’s new policy that bars students from paying tuition fees by credit card.
U of A cancelled the option to pay tuition by credit on March 31, 2009 in an effort to save $1.3 million annually. But, when student David Murray’s company Pay4U opens for business in December, students will once again be able to pay with credit cards without the university losing profit.
