Nursing students call for an end to college faculty strike
Canadian Nursing Students’ Association chapters at George Brown, Ryerson and Centennial want negotiations to resume immediately
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College faculty strike worries Ryerson collaborative nursing students
Ryerson University says collaborative nursing students could be affected if college faculty go on strike
A letter concerning the treatment of The Brunswickan at a Conservative Party rally in Fredericton, New Brunswick
Dear Mr. Harper, We are writing on behalf of The Brunswickan, the student newspaper of the University of New Brunswick. Canadian University Press (CUP) and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) are disappointed in the actions taken by one of your party’s representatives during a Conservative Party rally in Fredericton on October 16, 2015. This…
New research measures performance of Green Buildings
Tom Ingram Gradzette WINNIPEG (CUP)—Green construction is booming. A recent report predicts strong growth in the green building market over the next three years, and recent government initiatives (like the government of Manitoba’s Green Building Policy, which requires all government-funded buildings to meet certain efficiency parameters) are solidifying the push toward sustainable construction.
Canadian media organizations call on Egypt to release Al Jazeera journalists
The Al Jazeera Media Network and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) held a press conference on Feb. 6 in Toronto to demand the immediate release of journalists detained in Egypt.
The Dialog’s Samantha Bullis wins JHM award for layout and design
The Dialog’s Art Director/Illustrator Samantha Bullis won the prestigious John H. McDonald (JHM) award for excellence in student journalism.
Breaking down Canada's Olympic hockey team
Team Canada GM Steve Yzerman has lots of options
Staff at The Dialog shortlisted for four journalism awards
The Dialog‘s news editor Preeteesh Peetabh Singh and art director/illustrator Samantha Bullis have been shortlisted for a total of four prestigious John. H. McDonald (JHM) awards for excellence in student journalism.
Unpaid interns left out of Ontario's workplace safety law
Anqi Shen CUP Ontario Bureau Chief HAMILTON (CUP) — Ontario legislation that protects workers against unsafe working conditions does not cover unpaid interns, according to a Ministry of Labour briefing that has recently surfaced. The confidential memo, dated March 27, 2013 and discovered by the Toronto Star, explains that the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA)…
The rise and fall of the Ryerson Free Press
By Nora Loreto and James Clark Special to The Dialog The Ryerson Free Press was, for a few short years, one of the most progressive campus publications in Canada. First launched in 2006, it quickly established itself as an unapologetically left-wing alternative to most student-run newspapers, and attracted a readership well beyond Ryerson’s downtown Toronto…
Youth in Ontario face high unemployment
Ashley Denuzzo The Cord WATERLOO (CUP) — It’s no surprise that Ontario’s youth are some of the most commonly unemployed people in the nation. However, the most troubling factors in this study was that many of these unemployed youths were actually college or university educated. A new study released by the Canadian Centre for Policy…
Astronaut Chris Hadfield lands job at University of Waterloo
H.G. Watson The Cord WATERLOO (CUP) — Famed Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield gets to add a new line to his already extensive resume this fall: professor.