tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post6751524996409209685..comments2023-12-13T05:02:37.426-05:00Comments on Pushed to the Left and Loving It: Why Canadians Should Pay Attention to the Story of the University ProfessorsEmily Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08354341672810615468noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-27849940994371000742011-02-12T12:22:40.417-05:002011-02-12T12:22:40.417-05:00Stole this post: An interview with Professor Thak...Stole this post: An interview with Professor Thakur of Waterloo University who was thrown out of his job allegedly because he wouldn't tolerate the interference of billionaire and Waterloo benefactor Jim Balsillie of Research in Motion. He has a lot of imp things to say in this Radio Canada interview about the growing interference/role of private corporations in public universities and how this needs to be understood and appreciated better and a new regulatory framework needs to be developed. He does not rule out a law suit<br /><br />http://www.rcinet.ca/english/column/the-indo-canadian-report-with-rashi-khilnani/11-49_2010-11-05-ramesh-thakur-s-dismissal-warrantedr/Nadine Lumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05591663475427502169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-58141153096221872772011-02-12T12:22:24.429-05:002011-02-12T12:22:24.429-05:00snip snip: Few of them will realize Munk’s contri...snip snip: Few of them will realize Munk’s contribution only amounts to about 20 per cent of the overall cost of establishing the new school. Indeed, since there will also be ongoing costs running the school — which taxpayers will cover — Munk’s share of the overall cost of the school will be well below 20 per cent. <br /><br />http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/859721--excerpt-the-trouble-with-billionaires-by-linda-mcquaig-and-neil-brooks<br /><br />It would seem more accurate, then, to call it the Canadian Taxpayers School of Global Affairs, with Some Help from Peter Munk.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Also, Munk, this total parasite on tax dollars, demanded a separate entrance to the new Centre, to be used only by the elite; the rabble will have to use the main entrance.<br /><br />http://www.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/gerry-caplan/2010/12/money-really-can-buy-anything-even-university-toronto<br /><br />snip snip: Let me also draw attention to another quirky paragraph, quietly tucked away in Schedule A, called the Space Plan. The new Munk School will be housed in a splendid building called the Heritage Mansion. This fine old pile faces Bloor Street, one of Toronto's main thoroughfares, with side entrances on Devonshire Place. Paragraph 3 of Schedule A reads as follows: "The main entrance of the Heritage Mansion will be a formal entrance reserved only for senior staff and visitors to the School and the [Canadian International Council]." Everyone else must come and go through the Devonshire Place doors.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />snip snip: the Munk donations will be paid over an extended time period, with much of the money to be paid years from now — and subject to the Munk family’s approval of the school. <br /><br />For that matter, the school’s director will be required to report annually to a board appointed by Munk “to discuss the programs, activities and initiatives of the School in greater detail.”<br /><br />This sure sounds like Munk will have influence over the school’s direction — and will indeed be able to withhold money if the school doesn’t please him.<br /><br />http://www.rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/gerry-caplan/2010/12/money-really-can-buy-anything-even-university-torontoNadine Lumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05591663475427502169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-16871632592361388262011-02-12T12:21:37.027-05:002011-02-12T12:21:37.027-05:00On Wednesday, January 19, 2011, over two hundred s...On Wednesday, January 19, 2011, over two hundred students, workers, faculty, and community members packed a room to form a General Assembly that challenges the legitimacy of the University of Toronto’s administration and Governing Council. They shared accounts of their attempts to raise serious concerns with the University, only to be met with closed doors.<br /><br />Key areas of concern range from university life to ***anti-corporatization*** to academic planning.<br /><br />http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/hundreds-gather-form-university-toronto-general-assembly/5724Nadine Lumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05591663475427502169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-46878774024234689542011-02-12T12:20:52.312-05:002011-02-12T12:20:52.312-05:00Comments one Ottawa veteran: “I've been a cons...Comments one Ottawa veteran: “I've been a consultant for (more than 20 years) and I've never seen a climate of fear like there is now. People are frightened out of their wits . . . To tell you the truth, it's goddamned scary.”<br /><br />http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/922225--fear-and-loathing-in-ottawa<br /><br />“It's approaching a state in which people are paralyzed by fear,” says political scientist Henry Jacek. “I'm talking about civil servants, MPs, cabinet ministers — they all have to be careful. They're all expected to read from the same script.”<br /><br />Jacek, who teaches at McMaster University and runs the Ontario Legislature Internship Programme at Queen's Park, says politicians confide in him. “MPs and cabinet ministers resent having to read from that script. I've had members of Parliament tell me they've come to hate public meetings, even in their own ridings, because they can't be spontaneous. They are resentful.”Nadine Lumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05591663475427502169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7180592942896724433.post-33348461357232328052011-02-12T12:20:37.558-05:002011-02-12T12:20:37.558-05:00University of Windsor political scientist MacIvor ...University of Windsor political scientist MacIvor is pulling her punches. Asked about Steve Harper's style, she describes “an unusually unforthcoming government.” Previously, she's criticized the PM's “quite remarkable” degree of control and secrecy, with the same blunt, take-no-prisoners approach she adopts for politicians of all stripes. One imagines her as the kid about whom parents complain with barely disguised pride, “Such a mouth on that girl!”<br /><br />Instead, this time, MacIvor says she's “become self-censoring on the subject of the Conservatives. Life is too short for so much stress.” <br /><br />She expects to take lumps for her political opinions. What's changed with this government is that she says she's portrayed as “an enemy of the party” and “fair game” for vicious, personal attacks, which fill her inbox.<br /><br />“I should be able to speak my mind on political issues, but I've found members of the Conservative party seem to be more sensitive to criticism than other parties,” she says. “They make it very personal.”<br /><br />http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/922225--fear-and-loathing-in-ottawaNadine Lumleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05591663475427502169noreply@blogger.com