Opening Night: 8-10pm February 23, 2012 Concourse Gallery Emily Carr University of Art + Design 1399 Johnson Street. Granville Island Vancouver, British Columbia. The Association of Canadian Industrial Designers [ACID] is proud to present the first annual National Student Industrial Design Recognition Show hosted by Emily Carr University of Art + … [Read more...]
Student chefs cook up a storm
February 2, 2012 by
With only 15 seconds left, Luis Aguilar and his teammates carefully squeezed custard onto their dessert, a fruit-lasagna layered parfait, as five other teams put the finishing touches to their dishes. Sixteen culinary students from Templeton Secondary School participated in an Iron Chef cooking competition on Wednesday.?It was judged by four of … [Read more...]
Student gets involved in Trustee censure
January 18, 2012 by
A high school student who wants two Vancouver School Board Trustees to step down, has begun a campaign on Facebook. On the page, Grade 12 student Eli Fast, includes a letter for people to send to Ken Denike and Sophia Woo, "The templates or message to send them is just kind of like a guideline in what they have not done and what they have … [Read more...]
Ex-members sue Kwantlen student association
January 16, 2012 by
Two ex-leaders of Kwantlen University College’s student association who were among 12 impeached last fall are now suing the student group. Nina Kaur and Gary Dhaliwal have filed a notice of claim that says the special meeting in which they were unanimously ousted was not called as required under the Society Act. Lawyer Johnathan Tweedale says … [Read more...]
Husband of blinded student dies in custody
December 6, 2011 by
A man accused of blinding his wife and biting her nose off during a savage attack is reported to have died in custody in Bangladesh. Reports from the capital city Dhaka say Hasan Syed, who is alleged to have tried to gouge out the eyes of Rumana Manzur, was being treated for mental illness at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, where he … [Read more...]
Kwantlen Students Moving to Impeach their Student Association Directors
November 28, 2011 by
Calling their student association unaccountable and secretive, a group of Kwantlen students is taking matters into their own hands. The group is making a bid to impeach thirteen current k-s-a directors at a special general meeting on Wednesday. It comes after the discovery several current directors and their proxies are related or connected … [Read more...]
Father of slain student pleas for witnesses
October 7, 2011 by
SURREY, B.C. - The father of a 19-year-old student shot dead last month on a Surrey, B.C. university campus is pleading for anyone with information about his daughter's killer to come forward.Upwards of 50 police officers have been investigating the slaying of Maple Batalia, a model, actor and student who died after being shot on the Simon Fraser … [Read more...]
Not known if Surrey shooting victim was a student
September 28, 2011 by
A large section of the Central City parkade in Surrey remains behind yellow police tape after a young woman was shot and killed early this morning.It happened about 1:30 this morning, just metres from the entrance to the SFU campus there. SFU's Director of Public Affairs, Don Mclachlan, says it's not uncommon for groups of students to be … [Read more...]
Troubled Provincial student enrollment software gets the boot
September 16, 2011 by
Teachers and administrators who have struggled with a balky provincial computer system, BCeSIS, may be pleased to know the Provincial Government plans to replace it....but not until 2014. Education Minister George Abbott says he agrees with the findings of a quarter-million dollar review of the BCeSIS system, a six-year-old province … [Read more...]
A member of the Kwantlen Student Association speaks!!
September 2, 2011 by
The Kwantlen Student Association has broken their silence. In the first interview given by a member of the KSA executive, Director of Finance Nina Kaur says the association has hired the firm Deloitte to review current council operations. Kaur says the review will help ensure "sound governance going … [Read more...]
