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November 17, 2017

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November 22, 2017 – Dialog News No new money for student support fund: government http://dialognews.ca/2017/11/22/no-new-money-for-student-support-fund-government/ November 21, 2017 – Global News College students back to class after 5-week strike https://globalnews.ca/video/3872741/college-students-back-to-class-after-5-week-strike Premier Wynne takes town hall questions on college strike, hydro https://globalnews.ca/news/3872021/kathleen-wynne-town-hall/ November 21, 2017 – GH Post Wynne admits faults with collective bargaining https://theghpost.ca/2017/11/21/wynne-admits-faults-with-collective-bargaining/ November 21, 2017 – Canada Newswire Government of Canada provides financial support to Ontario college students affected by labour dispute http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-provides-financial-support-to-ontario-college-students-affected-by-labour-dispute-659113763.html?tc=eml_mycnw November 20, 2017 – The Star Teache...

Dear Ontario College Students, We have tried.

Dear Ontario College Students, We have tried. From the beginning of contract negotiations in July 2017, we (faculty, librarians, and counsellors) came to the bargaining table with integrity, critical thinking, creative solutions, a willingness to engage in collective problem-solving, a solid commitment to social justice, and a passion for the betterment of education...many of the same concepts we teach to you in college education to prepare you as valuable contributors to a just society. The College Employer Council (CEC) has not. From the beginning, the CEC tabled an unacceptable, concession-laden “Final Offer” that will have devastating consequences for the college education system – and it was non-negotiable. Their unwillingness to bargain in good faith forced us to utilize our ability to strike to get negotiations started, but to no avail. We have tried. We went on strike to stand up for quality education (including collegial governance) and fair employment i...

Taking a look at the numbers

Taking a look at the numbers and what they tell us about the state of College education. The following article was crafted by Sheridan Faculty, Sean Saunders. You know, I'm a numbers guy. Yes, I'm a math guy, but no, that doesn't automatically make me a numbers guy. In fact, being a pure mathematician at UW, the running joke was none of us could do mental math because we hadn't seen numbers since high school. But that never really applied to me, because I also love numbers. The Pythagoreans said that "all is number"; Plato believed that numbers were the "gateway to the divine"; Erdos and Ramanujan found "extraordinary beauty" in numbers; and a colleague recently said in a talk that "numbers transcend us, yet bind us together." I've always found that numbers told stories. How sad for me, then, to see the stories the numbers are telling in this labour dispute. Let's start off with a few about the College sys...

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