Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald, 09.06.2015 From an earlier report: University of Alberta scientist David Schindler holding a white fish with a tumour growth in the center. Deformed and unheathly fish collected from the Athabasca watershed, downstream from the oil sands industrial development were on display during a news conference at the University of Alberta. Researchers […]
September 12, 2015: [The aftermath of 9/11][Disarmament][Refugees][Rupert Murdoch] Essay — From the September 2015 issue The Neoliberal Arts How college sold its soul to the market By William Deresiewicz Download Pdf Read Online Single Page Print Page ( 2 of 8 ) This is education in the age of neoliberalism. Call it Reaganism or […]
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/kpmg-offshore-sham-deceived-tax-authorities-cra-alleges-1.3209838 By Harvey Cashore, Dave Seglins and Frederic Zalac, CBC News A wealthy Victoria, B.C., family paid virtually no tax over a span of eight years – and even obtained federal and provincial tax credits – while being involved in an offshore tax “sham” developed by one of the country’s most respected accounting firms, the Canada Revenue […]
RE John Pilger’s documentary, The War You Don’t See https://vimeo.com/67739294. Journalists, administrators speak frankly of their personal shame for reporting the propaganda spewed out by the Government spin doctors (propaganda) for the Iraq War. (At the URL scroll down through the white space, there’s a white bar, click on the left end of it.) It takes courage to […]
Universities need a new model of governance, Globe&Mail, by Julie Cafley Text and URL to access the on-line Comments is appended. MY RESPONSE: Cafley does not mention the large problem of corporate infiltration of educational institutions. Fortunately, many of the Comments do. Will the professor steadfastly serve the public interest in unbiased research and teaching […]
http://www.ppforum.ca/news-room/how-ubc-lost-president By Simona Chiose and Frances Bula August 27, 2015 — An unusual group had assembled at the Point Grey campus residence of Arvind Gupta, the president of the University of British Columbia. The gathering was made up of professors and associate deans from the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses, from science to arts and humanities. […]
A. Dispersed among the people? B. In the hands of the government? C. In a combination of government and business? D. In corporate hands? E. In a combination of people plus government plus corporations? If the answer is not A, then it’s not democracy? In the last couple of decades the role of […]
Why was the response from US academic experts to the global financial crisis so muted? In the second extract from his book Inside Job, Charles Ferguson argues that corruption in universities is deeply entrenched (NOTE: The Inside Job documentary can be watched for free on-line.) Charles Ferguson Monday 21 May 2012 20.00 BST Last modified on […]
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/20/wellcome-trust-loses-millions-as-its-fossil-fuel-investments-plunge-in-value?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2 Fossil fuel divestment Keep it in the ground Medical charity sold off two-thirds of its investments in Shell but lost an estimated £175m in the last year due to falling share prices in the fossil fuel sector The Wellcome Trust, Euston Road, London. Photograph: Graham Turner Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian The Wellcome […]
We live in a digital age. We had better understand the implications. I do not like this. You may wish to share, so others will know how it works. It applies between Google’s Gmail and a different entity, LinkedIn. I do not know if there are other instances. If I am wrong, let Google explain. It […]