The following appeared on the Stop BC Library Cuts website today, after an communiqué from the provincial government:
On August 20, 2009 the Province of British Columbia announced that the provincial dollars to support public libraries would be $13,700,000, which is about 78% of previous years. While this represents a reduction, the libraries of BC are [...]
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advanced education should be bracing for impacts – and getting ready to say no to budget cuts
iranians: “no more pinochets”
#iranelection
If you’re on Twitter (I admit it, I have an account), or on Facebook, or if you’ve watched anything approaching television news in the past few days, you’ll likely have noted that there’s something going down in Iran — especially if you’re on Twitter, where the tag #iranelection has been a trending topic for the [...]
envision education / get involved with the university community
“envision education”
A community-led visioning workshop – creating a new vision for our university
What is this event?
“envision education” is a community-led visioning workshop that brings together members of the university community to develop a plan for our university. Community resistance to cutbacks, budget reductions, layoffs, and program elimination is met with two general responses: [...]