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Environmental business school opens at Waterloo

On Fri. Nov. 6, the University of Waterloo opened a new school that will focus on environmentally sustainable business and development, building on the university’s faculty of environment.

The School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) offers two undergraduate programs: a bachelor of environmental studies in environment and business, and a bachelor of environmental studies in international development. 

“Our environment business program is a unique program in the world,” said Steven Young, interim director of SEED.

York opens on-campus psychology clinic

Students in York University’s psychology program will be able to help their peers, while getting hands-on experience, in a new psychology clinic and research centre on campus.

The new clinic, launched Oct. 28, strives to provide members of its community with effective mental health services while simultaneously offering training and experience to students.

No student levies for volunteer paper

University of Toronto’s University College Literary and Athletics Society (UC Lit) recently rejected the proposed budget of the Gargoyle, the University of Toronto’s campus rag. UC Lit expressed its concern that too much money delegated to the paper was being spent on alcohol, food and parties. The Gargoyle’s funding will be withheld from them until their budget is approved.

H1N1 vaccine available for high-priority groups

The vaccine for the H1N1 virus is now available to the public in Ottawa and across Canada, but is only being distributed to high priority groups.

The high-priority groups identified by Ottawa Public Health are pregnant women, people with chronic medical conditions, children between six months and five years old, healthcare workers, people living in isolated communities, and caretakers of infants and people with compromised immune systems.

Students rethink CFS membership

Persistent petitioners are not unique to Carleton University. This year, students at several universities have been petitioning to hold a referendum concerning continued membership in the Canadian Federation of Students.

The CFS, formed in 1981, is a student lobby organization that works at federal and provincial levels of government in the interest of post-secondary students.

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