If plans go ahead to split Sir Wilfred Grenfell College from its parent university, Memorial, it would not only create a new university in Newfoundland and Labrador?the move would also create ?the most expensive university in Canada? (1). Along with Memorial’s Grenfell campus, the university also comprises the St. John’s campus, the Harlow Campus (in… Read more »

At Home: Diesel spill in B.C. Burrard Clean has been contracted to clean up a diesel spill off the northern coast of Vancouver after a barge crashed August 20 and lost a diesel truck in the sea. Booms have been deployed in the area surrounding the spill to prevent the diesel fuel from spreading out… Read more »

The Juno Beach Centre, Normandy, France In 1944, the beaches of Normandy saw the landing of thousands of soldiers during the Allied war effort. Today, those same beaches are the site of the Juno Beach Centre, ?a place of commemoration and discovery dedicated to the Canadians who fought in the Second World War.? The Centre… Read more »

It’s a good, round, solid number that can mean nothing, or everything. See for yourself. 10×10 http://www.tenbyten.org/ ?10×10? (‘ten by ten’) is an interactive exploration of the words and pictures that define the time. The result is an often moving, sometimes shocking, occasionally frivolous, but always fitting snapshot of our world. Every hour, 10×10 collects… Read more »

In an August 20 news release, the NDP has stated something that student-loan recipients have known for a long time: the system is broken and desperately needs to be fixed. Specifically, Denise Savoie, the NDP Postsecondary Education Advocate, is calling for ?an advocate to deal with the flawed and rigid student loan system.? This release… Read more »

At Home: Quebec prisoners forced to give up smoking Next year, Quebec will be enforcing its new anti-smoking law in its jails, a law that applies not only to inmates but to prison guards as well. Real Russy of Quebec’s Public Security Department said that the move was aimed purely at creating a healthier environment… Read more »

Every time I think I’ve seen it all, somebody proves me absolutely wrong, sometimes dumbstruck, but mostly just amazed and delighted at the capacity of the human creature to innovate and create and cause me to think, “Why didn’t I think of that?” or even “I’m so glad I never thought of that.” Wall-Mountable Wireless… Read more »

One thing I’ve noticed about carrying a camera is that it gives you–truly–a third eye. You cannot help but see: see more, look more closely, and find subjects in things you might otherwise pass by. This week, then, are a couple of collections of photographically related links. People – A selection of sites of photographers… Read more »

ATHABASCA (The Insider) – Athabasca University has received approval from the Minister of Advanced Education and Technology to offer its first doctoral program, a Doctor of Education (EdD) in distance education. The program, the first of its kind in North America, will admit its first students in August 2008. ?Athabasca University has established itself as… Read more »

At Home: Montreal’s Gay Pride parade hits a stumbling block Controversy surrounding the Gay Pride parade in Montreal this month has been continuing for the several years it has taken organizers to put the event together, and in the last stages of set-up it seemed that the parade was doomed for the scrap heap after… Read more »