Feb 122019
 
2019-01-24   Concerns on transparency and sustainability raised at University Council.  From student newspaper, The Sheaf.  University of Sask.

By Ana Cristina Camacho https://thesheaf.com/2019/01/24/concerns-on-transparency-and-sustainability-raised-at-university-council/ U of S President and Vice-Chancellor Peter Stoicheff asks council a question during a University Council Meeting in Room 241 of the Arts Building on Jan. 17, 2019.   Beginning by continuing a discussion from a meeting held on Dec. 20, 2018, retired English professor Len Findlay spoke to the […]

Feb 042019
 

Return to INDEX With thanks to Denise: Have you seen this article on TimberWest and Professional Reliance?  Very sad reveal!  Great to see young people working on this though… https://vimeo.com/252243072?fbclid=IwAR1HOH2Ie-FTfvmn0cwmZHaB53OCkKgincf1ETV-ewd–dmhAs6lfAa3oF0

Feb 032019
 
2019-02-01  Dalhousie's interim president stirs controversy with book on campus dissent

The article appeared in newspapers across the country.  PEI Guardian, Victoria Times Colonist, Saskatoon Star Phoenix where MacKinnon had a lengthy tenure. The Canadian Press Published: Feb 01  HALIFAX — Dalhousie University’s interim president has written a new book on campus debate and dissent — and it has provoked both at the Halifax school, with […]

Jan 182019
 

Does it really matter whether the funding is from Huawei, Lockheed Martin, or Monsanto-Bayer?   It seems like trying to close the barn door after the horse has bolted. – – – – – – – Decision on Chinese telecoms firm comes as national security concerns mount in the west The university emailed doctoral students in […]

Dec 072018
 

From: Sandra Finley some edits to original. – – – – In case people at OpenMedia are not aware. My reading:  Barbara Loe Fisher’s recent video is an alert, an alarm bell.  Even if it’s US-based. The New Internet Police Protecting You From Freedom of Thought and Speech, NVIC, *Barbara Loe Fisher Elaboration follows.   […]

Nov 082018
 

There are good pictures but I don’t know how to copy them, and I don’t know where to find this on-line. Can’t give you a URL.  Maybe you have to be on Instagram? Hey Jammers! What does Design Anarchy mean to you? This past Monday, bright and early, Adbusters infiltrated the viscera of Vancouver’s prestigious […]

Oct 182018
 

FURTHER to: 2018-10-12    Here’s how I think we can Keep Monsanto milk out of Canada (bovine growth hormone (rBGH / rBST), Trade Deals UPDATE:  the rBGH Petition to Prime Minister Trudeau, as of Oct 19th noon on the West Coast,  is 60 signatures short of 21,000.  (Nov 11:  more than 33,000 have signed.) Note:  to […]

Oct 022018
 

Not so many years ago,   I did not know of the existence, role, how to use it, or importance, of the provincial Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner.   Myself and others are indebted to D’Arcy Hande for teaching us. RELATED: 2018-08-02  NEWS RELEASE: University of Saskatchewan is taken to Court, Refuses to disclose Right […]

Oct 022018
 

Website,  http://childrenshealthdefense.org/ Video – – it’s  at the top, opposite the title “Children’s Health Defense”,  RFK Jr,  begins with “I can remember the days . . .” That’s the video to be shared! – – – – – – – From: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Sent: September 12, 2018 2:01 AM Dear World Mercury Project […]

Sep 142018
 
2018-09-13   UPDATE:  Chelsea Manning DOES speak in New Zealand   (thanks to citizen protest)

By Tom Peters 13 September 2018 On September 8 and 9 whistleblower Chelsea Manning spoke to meetings attended by hundreds of people in Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand. The Australian government denied entry to Manning, who had been scheduled to appear in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. She defied this attack on free speech and freedom […]