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Why undergrads are getting a raw deal
TheGlobeandMail.com – opinion – Why undergrads are getting a raw deal
July 1, 2008. JEFFREY SIMPSON
Absolutely nothing gets the professoriate more irate, nor university administrators more defensive, than the assertion that undergraduate students are getting less than they deserve because, in part, professors don’t teach enough, or at least as much as they once did.
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Remove barriers to foreign-trained
TheStar.com – comment/editorial – Remove barriers to foreign-trained
June 29, 2008
With more than 850,000 Ontarians still without a family doctor, it makes good sense to take a hard look at barriers that stand in the way of qualified foreign-trained physicians and medical graduates who want to practise here.
That’s exactly what Liberal MPP Laurel Broten did earlier this month in a report that recommends reforms aimed at allowing some foreign-trained doctors to become licensed more quickly, and cutting red tape for those who require more assessment or training.
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Echoes still reverberate from Summer of the Gun
TheStar.com – comment – Echoes still reverberate from Summer of the Gun: Fragmented services are plaguing efforts to give Ontario youth positive opportunities
June 25, 2008. Frances Lankin
It was this time of year, three years ago, that we entered a season of tragic loss; a season that saw many young lives lost to senseless violence during what became known as the Summer of the Gun.
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Canadian universities hurting for funds
TheGlobeandMail.com – national – Canadian universities hurting for funds
June 25, 2008. ELIZABETH CHURCH
Universities are receiving thousands of dollars less for each student on their campuses than they did two decades ago, a drop that is hurting the quality of higher education and putting Canada at a competitive disadvantage, a report released Wednesday morning by university leaders says.
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Ontario lags on day care
TheStar.com – comment/editorial – Ontario lags on day care
June 20, 2008
Ontario has little excuse for its dismal D rating on a report card from the Canadian Labour Congress measuring its record in providing affordable regulated child care.
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Labour congress gives Ontario ‘D’ in child care
TheStar.com – HealthZone.ca – Labour congress gives Ontario ‘D’ in child care
June 14, 2008. Kerry Gillespie
Jacqueline Bergen is one of the lucky ones: She found a daycare spot for her daughter and a government subsidy to pay for it.
Without it, she’d still be in her abusive marriage or sitting at home on welfare, instead of going to school to get a better life, she said.
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Second chance for jobs
TheStar.com – comment/editorial – Second chance for jobs
June 09, 2008
Hopes that the General Motors truck plant in Oshawa could be saved appeared to be dashed Friday after the company rebuffed union overtures at a meeting in Detroit. “We’re walking away extremely disappointed,” Canadian Auto Workers president Buzz Hargrove said.
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Internet matures as tool for political advocacy
TheStar.com – sciencetech – Internet matures as tool for political advocacy
June 02, 2008. Michael Geist
Last week, hundreds of Canadians descended on Parliament Hill in Ottawa for a public rally in support of net neutrality, a contentious issue that focuses on the need for Internet service providers (ISPs) to treat all content and applications in an equal, non-discriminatory manner.
The event succeeded in attracting politicians from two major political parties, labour leaders, independent ISPs and individuals concerned with the Internet in Canada.
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Residential Schools: Another View
NationalPost.com – comment – Residential Schools: Another View: ‘Most of these students at least learned modern skills that would help them participate more fully in both aboriginal and Canadian society’
Published: Saturday, May 31, 2008. Rodney A. Clifton, National Post
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