(originally posted at PoliticsRespun.org – see here) The recent controversy over the Vancouver School Board’s budget situation has been a bit of an interesting story to follow. Much like every other school board in the province, the VSB has been wrangling with a considerable problem: the costs of providing a high-quality public education continuously increase, [...]
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“Do not simply, passively, only just think of the world. Change it too.”
Friends, Many people have asked me to share the text of my remarks to convocation today. You’ll find them below. But first – I really, truly, and strongly believe that all of our experiences from our adventures at university have been influenced by the people that we’ve been lucky to go through them with. All [...]
advanced education should be bracing for impacts – and getting ready to say no to budget cuts
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 [...]