Former Calgary student union president charged with robbery
The former president of Mount Royal University’s student union was arrested and charged with bank robbery last week, only one month after resigning from her position. She allegedly resigned after a routine review uncovered several unexplained discrepancies in policy compliance. She had a prior outstanding arrest warrant for fraud.
Federal youth employment programs cut
Several Service Canada Centres for Youth Employment shut their doors last month as part of a government cost-saving strategy. Federal human resources minister Diane Finley highlighted enhanced online government employment services as an alternative to the former job-search assistance centres.
“Cavesluts and Dinowhores” posters elicit warning to UBC club
The University of British Columbia Ski and Board Club has received a written warning from university administration following the display of event posters which were deemed offensive last month. The posters — which advertised a prehistoric-themed beer garden event — featured a scantily clad woman leaning against a dinosaur skull.
Law school students participate in Twitter mock court case
Students from the universities of British Columbia, Victoria, Dalhousie, Ottawa, and York participated in the first ever mock-court case to be held over Twitter. Students were asked to argue different sides surrounding the issue of the B.C. government’s obligation to First Nations’ treaty rights and were judged on their clarity of responses as well as use of the social media tool.
Ineligible votes uncovered from UBC BoG election
A review of the votes cast for the University of British Columbia’s recent board of governors elections discovered that some ineligible votes had been cast. The UBC associate registrar stated that the votes were mostly cast from students attending UBC’s affiliate colleges who are not permitted to vote in board of governors elections but that the number was not high enough to affect election outcomes.
— Ariane Madden
