May 16, 2013 5:07 pm
BCIT considering becoming a university
Paul Dangerfield, BCIT’s vice president of education, said the talks of BCIT becoming a university came up during discussion of the 2014 to 2019 strategic plan.
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April 17, 2013 8:39 pm
Controversial conversation continues due to cultural art
Kamloops, the city she once called home, is now just a memory. While Graham wishes it were a more distant one, this memory remains very much at the forefront of her life. Living more than 800 kilometres from Kamloops is enough to remind her on a daily basis. Citing safety reasons, Graham requested her specific location not be revealed.
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April 17, 2013 8:44 pm
With $46 million in funding cuts on the way, B.C. gov offers plan for universities to save money
The Ministry of Advanced Education is currently making proposals for post-secondary institutions to cut costs by combining services like information technology, purchasing and libraries.
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April 8, 2013 4:12 pm
Chilliwack firefighter contests age discrimination
At 63-years-old, Shellard is used to living life at a normal pace — except for the days that he spends running into burning buildings to fight fires as a paid on-call firefighter (POC).
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April 5, 2013 4:02 pm
Ryerson students demand refund for PR course they claim taught them nothing
Students at Ryerson's Chang School of Continuing Education are demanding a refund for a course they say has taught them nothing nine weeks into the Winter semester.
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Science & Technology
Social approval may be a factor in PTSD
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Opinion
Not all who skip out on post-secondary are missing out
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Arts
Commemorating residential school survivors through art
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Sports
UBC football player suspended for marijuana use
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MUN student’s new blog aims to help victims of sexual abuse
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Edmonton filmmaker strives for horror film glory in Canadian competition
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The economy of love: an interview with Junot Díaz
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Junot Diaz has just released a new collection of short stories titled This Is How You Lose Her, which he read from at the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) last weekend. The Strand sat down with him to discuss his new work.
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A love letter to the capital cursive "G"
I didn’t think much of you the first time we met. I was young and ignorant and you were just amongst the other 26 letters hidden somewhere in the middle, quiet and passive. I apologize now for the way I neglected you. Remembering all of those hours wasted with vowels — those damn popular vowels.
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Radio Ryerson searching for a new home
In October 2011, 85 per cent of students who voted said yes to a redistribution of $10.35 from their tuition to help fund and support a new radio station. Despite an attempt to reclaim the 88.1 FM frequency, which included what Ryerson President Sheldon Levy called “a huge amount of work,” Radio Ryerson lost the bid.