Studio Garage Sale

Saturday May 26, 2007 between noon and 5pm.

Some architecture students are closing up their studio permanently and are looking to get rid of EVERYTHING!!!

Location: 5th Floor 290 McDermot Ave.

from: winnipeg.craigslist.org/sss

How BC Libs aim to reinvent higher ed.

‘Campus 2020’ report promises upheaval without progress: the Tyee

The B.C. government's report on post-secondary education is thoroughly taken apart by a Capilano College professor:

The Campus 2020 report came out late in April, and rarely has such an education policy paper had such an immediate and powerful impact.

(read more!)

60% of Winnipeggers want better roads; 30% want better transit

. . . So says the Canada West Foundation's Urban Transportation study, released today, the third in a series of public-opinion surveys on urban issues.

Read a pdf of the report here, though I feel compelled to warn you that many of the stats are inconclusive — it's interesting, though, to see how Winnipeggers stack up in terms of public perception of transit as compared to other cities.

Here's the press release:

(CALGARY, May 2, 2007) - The results of a Canada West Foundation public opinion survey, released today, show that strong majorities in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon and Winnipeg feel that building and maintaining the road system is a high priority.

At the same time, the percentage of people who think that their local government is doing a good job of ensuring an efficient road system ranges from 18% in Winnipeg to 34% in Calgary.

When it comes to the road system, urbanites want more to be done and they want it done better. When it comes to funding these improvements, the most popular option is increased federal and provincial grants. Strong majorities in all seven cities included in the survey state that increasing federal and provincial infrastructure grants-even if it means a small increase in income taxes - s a good idea.

At the other end of the continuum, the idea of introducing a new local fuel or sales tax is very unpopular with at least 7 out of 10 residents in each city in the survey opposing this option.

Auditor-general's report on Millennium Scholarship Foundation

(Ottawa, 1 May 2007) — Federal programs providing financial assistance to post-secondary students have good controls to ensure that loans, grants, and bursaries are delivered in the right amounts to eligible students, says the Auditor General of Canada, Sheila Fraser, in her Report tabled today in the House of Commons.

"I am pleased about the good management practices we found in these programs aimed at giving young Canadians better access to higher education," said Ms. Fraser.

The full report is available in pdf form.

Lynch's Inland Empire opening in Winnipeg on June 15

You heard it here first, kids: June 15 at Cinematheque will bring with it the latest David Lynch feature, Inland Empire.

It opens May 2 in Vancouver. For more info see here.

Canadian university enrolment continues to increase: AUCC

OTTAWA (May 1, 2007) — Canadian university enrolment will grow nationally by between 70,000 to 150,000 full-time students over the next decade despite challenging demographics in some regions of the country, according to a new study by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC).

The first volume of the report (and the rest of this press release) are available on the AUCC website.

UPDATE: Highlights from CBC story
* There are 700,000 undergraduate and 115,000 graduate students.
* Women account for two-thirds of the enrolment growth.
* PhD enrolment has jumped by 57 per cent between 1996 and 2006.
* Between 1990 and 2006, jobs for university graduates have doubled.

Today's top U of M stories

Doer promises 10 new med school spaces, 100 more doctors within four years: CBC, Freep, Sun

Aboriginal students part of solution to doctor shortage: Freep (subscribers only)

King's Park labyrinth planned to honour former U of M writer-in-residence Carol Shields: CBC, project website

U of M Press book cleans up at MB book awards: What's On Winnipeg

Bisons volleyball player Josh Klassen is trying out for the national men's team: Sun

Enrolment at Saskatchewan universities expected to drop: Regina Leader-Post

NB political parties clash over whether graduation is required for post-secondary tax rebate: CBC

University of Western Ontario student newspaper could be run by university admin: Maclean's