youth issues

Screening of Red Square on a Black Board

Katy_O — Tue, 19 May 2015 20:24:20 +0000

All are invited to a free screening of RED SQUARE ON A BLACKBOARD

This inspirational film takes us to the heart of the 2012 Quebec student strike to oppose tuition hikes, one of the most important popular mobilizations in Canada’s history. Followed by a discussion about the impact of austerity on youth around the world, with: Roxanne Dubois, Community organizer for UNIFOR, formerly with Canadian Federation of Students and Christian Pépin, Student activist in the 2012 strike, now a doctoral candidate in Political Science at York U.

Friday, May 22 - 7:00pm at the East York Civic Center

Henry Giroux on Domestic Terrorism, Youth and the Politics of Disposability

ikosmos — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 00:12:26 +0000

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“The danger is that a global, universally interrelated civilization may produce barbarians from its own midst by forcing millions of people into conditions which, despite all appearances, are the conditions of savages.”

- Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

Ivy League’s meritocracy lie: How Harvard and Yale cook the books for the 1 percent

NorthReport — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:01:32 +0000

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Stop falling for the university con job

NorthReport — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:09:04 +0000

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Early Childhood Education Issues In Manitoba

Aristotleded24 — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:49:22 +0000

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The latest drama in the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS)

Catchfire — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 18:05:17 +0000

Oh there's a lot of history here, sure. There's the formation of CASA, there's unpleasant lawsuits, there's a bunch of stuff I have no idea about. But here's the latest controversy just in time to celebrate Frosh Week (and a lot of it is playing out on rabble.ca).

It all begins when a loose grouping of students issued a press release announcing that 15 schools were planning to defederate from the CFS:

The Boy Who Played With Fusion!!!!!

abnormal — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 22:32:04 +0000

[url=http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-02/boy-who-played-fusion]A long read but worth it.[/url] All I can say about this kid is "Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" But if this isn't proof that the top of the curve is the most underserved I don't know what is. Kids like this make the characters in "The Big Bang Theory" look like morons.

Some Resources for Helping Students (and children) to Navigate a Violent World

ikosmos — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:46:35 +0000

A National Tragedy: Helping Children Cope

This one is from the National Association of School Psychologists.

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Tips for Parents and Teachers

OCAD Textbook: $180 and empty boxes where art should be

Catchfire — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:38:42 +0000

When asked to look at Michelangelo’s The Holy Family, first-year students at the Ontario College of Art and Design will be greeted by a blank circle, asking them to find an image of the artwork online instead.

The $180 mandatory textbook Global Visual and Cultural Material: Prehistory to 1800 contains many blank spaces where artwork would normally be, followed by instructions to go to a separate source online to view the material. Some sections of the book, parts of which were obtained by the National Post, still contain notes of features to observe in the absent artwork.
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Sandusky Report

Caissa — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:10:42 +0000

Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno and other senior officials "concealed critical facts" about Jerry Sandusky's child abuse because they were worried about bad publicity, according to an internal investigation into the scandal.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/story/2012/07/12/penn-state-jerry-...

U of T graduand "renounces" his degree because of corporatization of education

Catchfire — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 13:49:45 +0000

"I hereby renounce this degree"

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Zero Cubed

Caissa — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:55:42 +0000

In case there is more to be considered.

University

Caissa — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:17:40 +0000

Let the conversation continue.

No Zero policy-deux

Caissa — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:19:07 +0000

Bump.

College Suspensions

Caissa — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:40:42 +0000

I have never been a fan of institutions taking action against students for off-campus behaviour. See story below.

A college in London, Ont., has suspended eight students following St. Patrick's Day riots over the weekend that caused an estimated $100,000 damage and led to 11 arrests.

Howard Rundle, the president of Fanshawe College, told a news conference today the administration was taking the off-campus violence seriously and would be conducting its own investigation alongside police efforts.

Under the school's student code of conduct, Fanshawe can impose academic penalties on students whose off-campus actions might affect the health and safety of others in the college community.