A Chilliwack Grade 12 student says his rugby team could cancel the season because due to the teachers job action they can't find another team to play against. In an e-mail, Isaac Gauer says his team is coached by a Vice-Principal but other teams are being left high and dry because they need a teacher to coach. Gauer asks if the dispute is … [Read more...]
Students help cash-strapped moms deal with baby blues
March 23, 2012 by
A group of Simon Fraser University students is helping single mothers get through a bump in the road. Lynn Shinto, Joseph Choi and Mercedes Book launched a local non-profit organization called One Big Movement (OBM) in December with the hope of creating a lasting impact in the community. Shinto says their first project, the Big Baby Drive, … [Read more...]
Archeology students help restore Chase museum
February 13, 2012 by
BURNABY, B.C. - Smoke-damaged documents and flame-licked photographs could soon rise from the ashes of a fire ravaged museum in the Shuswap-area village of Chase, B.C.Fifteen Simon Fraser University archaeology students will travel to the community, 57 kilometres east of Kamloops, Feb. 17-19, to examine artifacts damaged in two separate fires last … [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...]
Unease among students at Justice Institute
September 7, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Back-to-school jitters have taken on unsettling new meaning at a British Columbia institute that trains people to work law-and-order's front lines after Mounties said ten victims of arsons and shootings are linked to the school.Officials at the Institute of Justice B.C.'s main campus in New Westminster assembled staff and began … [Read more...]
Surprise closure leaves students with no school
September 6, 2011 by
An unexpected day off classes for some students in south Vancouver. In a surprise move, their school has been permanently closed. 73 students at the Guru Nanak School have no where to go this week. Principal Devinder Maan says the Board of Directors of the Khalsa Diwan Society has voted 7-6 to close the school and gave no reason. He … [Read more...]
08/04/2011 – UBC Students build Wall-Climbing Robots
August 3, 2011 by
Students in summer UBC Engineering Physics course go head-to-head with their autonomous wall-climbing robots Date/Time: Thursday, August 4th, 2011 10am -12noon. (setup begins at 9:30) Place: Hennings Bldg., Rm. 200, 6224 Agricultural Road, UBC. Visuals: Student-designed automated robots will race to climb an 8-foot tall vertical wall. … [Read more...]
