By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter There is a case before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (HRT), in which the defendant, in an effort to put a stop to it, has spent over $3 million. The accused has been submitting requests to quash the charges since they were laid in 2007; before you get the impression…
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor A recent report published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, written by economists Trish Hennessy and Jim Stanford, slams the Ontario government’s austerity budgets and breaks down how far from solving the province’s economic woes—budget cuts actually exacerbate them. The report, aptly titled More harm than good: Austerity’s impact…
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter The Student Association’s (SA) Academic Advocacy Program (AAP) has written a critical report that shows a disproportionate number of intakes are from Practical Nursing (PN) students. Out of 290 intakes the office documented in the 2011-2012 year, the highest number of complaints, 127, were from the PN program. The second…
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter “One, two, three, four, no one should be working poor!” chanted 30 members of OPSEU local 540 who protested in front of city hall on Friday, March 15, calling on city council to step in and force their employer to come to the table. “Five, six, seven, eight, come on…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter If you find blackjack too complicated to understand, you can definitely go for casino war. An easy card game where your possibility of winning is as promising as the dealer’s! The only time you panic is when there is a tie and you have to declare a war to…
By Cassandra Thompson Special to The Dialog We must tell our stories; the way we experience and navigate the daily occurrences that salt and pepper our lives. So often we find our stories being told by those who do not understand the nuances of varied experiences, or shall we say, experiences that do not mimic…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter No more campaigning, no more flyers, no more posters, no more class visits, no more polls, no more ballots and no more elections. After a hustling couple of weeks at George Brown College (GBC), campus life is returning to its routine. The Student Association (SA) general election 2013 at…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) released its 19th annual Alternative Federal Budget: Doing Better Together (AFB) on March 12. The AFB counters the views of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s Economic Action Plan 2013 on implementing cuts to decrease deficit and balance the books by 2015. It rather…
Unofficial results from the Student Association spring 2013 elections: Executives: Director of Education and Equity: Mohammad Ali Aumeer. Director of Finance and Operations: Geneve Gray Director of Internal Affairs: Julia K. Mackenzie Director of Public Relations: Ali Shahid. Director of Student Life and Campus Relations: Halley Requena-Silva Campus Directors: Casa Loma: Nicolas Kiriakou; St. James:…
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter The question “why are you voting?” was answered by some students after casting their ballots for their favourite candidates in the Student Association (SA) of George Brown College (GBC) elections. The Dialog brings you some insight on why students voted and what their issues are. Cory Martin, a student…
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor On March 7, Evan Murray, the chief returning officer for the Student Association (SA) election, released a public statement outlining the reasons that he rejected a request from students for a polling location for Arts and Design students at the School of Design building at 230 Richmond St. East. According to Yassamin Yassini,…
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor The trouble started with a light-hearted photo on the campaign trail of Yuchen Sun, who is running for the director of Finance and Operations, by her running mate on the Unified 4 Change slate Avanish Agarwal who is a candidate for Hospitality and Culinary Arts Rep. On the night of…
