Top Ten
October 21, 2009
Trent launches $50-million fundraising campaign
Yesterday Trent University kicked off a $50-million fundraising campaign leading to the institution's 50th anniversary in 2014. Funds raised will support the Graduate Studies College, athletics and recreation, library enhancements, and Centres of Knowledge. $15 million has been raised to date. Trent News ReleaseBC court dismisses appeal of UBC discrimination lawsuit
The BC Court of Appeals has upheld a January 2008 BC Supreme Court's dismissal of an $18-million lawsuit a University of British Columbia student launched against the school in which she alleged UBC discriminated against her as a Christian and subjected her to hatred and contempt in the institution's graduate English department. The Appeals Court agreed with the Supreme Court's ruling that there was no evidence to support the student's claim of religious discrimination. The court awarded costs to UBC and 4 professors named in the suit. Xtra WestBC accounting rules hurt TRU capital program, says president
Thompson Rivers University president Roger Barnsley told a BC legislative finance committee hearing last Thursday that new accounting rules adopted by the provincial government that limit how buildings are funded seriously hamper the university's ambitious capital program. Under previous rules, TRU borrowed and funded projects independently, and new rules stipulate that any new debt taken on by the university, whether funded by taxpayers or not, is recorded on the government's books as debt. "We're in a position where we can't build buildings," Barnsley told the committee. TRU representatives also asked the committed to recommend that BC reinstate a program that saw the province give matching dollars to private capital donations. Kamloops Daily NewsuCalgary opens on-campus hotel
On Tuesday, the University of Calgary officially opened a full-service hotel located in the school's newest building, the Dr. Fok Ying Tung International House. Fully owned and operated by the university, Hotel Alma features 100 rooms and suites, a bistro, conference facilities, daily maid service, Wi-Fi Internet access, and flat-screen TVs. The hotel will also serve as a teaching lab for students enrolled in uCalgary's hotel and resort management program. Hotel profits will be re-invested in the institution to support Global Village, a residence in which a Canadian student is paired with an international student. uCalgary News | Calgary Herald | CBCGroundbreaking for new phase of uSask Academic Health Sciences Centre
The University of Saskatchewan held a sod-turning ceremony last Tuesday for the E Wing phase of the university's Academic Health Sciences project. At nearly 24,000 square metres, the facility will include a 2-storey health sciences library, a 500-seat lecture theatre, the Clinical Learning Resource Centre, research labs, academic offices, a pharmacy skills lab, and the Canadian Centre for Health Safety in Agriculture. The wing is expected to open in 2013. Saskatchewan News Release | Saskatoon Star-Phoenix
Lakehead unveils new strategic branding campaign
Yesterday Lakehead University launched its 2009-10 brand-building campaign that builds on last year's campaign that featured the tagline "I will think for myself." (The new tagline reads: "I think for myself.") The new branding campaign portrays a series of ads, online initiatives, and aligned promotional material featuring key Lakehead graduates reflecting on the role of their education at the university and how it shaped their actions leading to their success. Running until the end of March 2010, the campaign will appear in transit, print, and online, with outdoor poster support. Lakehead has also created an interactive website promoting the campaign. Lakehead News Release | I Think for Myself
