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The Ontario provincial government has announced its plans to invest $6.2 billion in post-secondary education by 2009-10.

Following the government’s March 23 budget, Kingston and the Islands MPP John Gerretsen announced a program called Reaching Higher, a funding package which includes changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP). A student who comes from a family with two children can now receive up to $75,000 instead of the previous $35,000.Continue...

Members of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) are questioning the provincial government’s commitment to accountability after it has delayed disclosing agreements it signed with Ontario universities and colleges five months ago.

The agreements in question are meant to increase transparency regarding how institutions spend government grants. OCUFA is interested in seeing them because of the information they contain regarding faculty hiring. However, University administrators have said they cannot release the contents of the agreements without the approval of the province.Continue...

If a local residents’ group gets its way, some students might not only be studying history, but living in it too.

The Sydenham Ward Tenants and Ratepayer’s Association (SWTRA), is currently considering designating several areas in Kingston—including some homes in which students currently live—as historic sites.
The group must bring their recommendations to city council to get the designations. As it stands, they are considering three areas for designation.Continue...

During a March 14 protest organized by the SGPS and the Coalition for Accessible Education-Kingston (CAEK), a group of students stopped by Kingston and the Islands MPP John Gerretsen’s office to discuss the tuition increase, only to find that he was out of town. They left after making an appointment to meet with him a week later.Continue...

Student leaders and University administrators spent a quiet---but far from peaceful---day while participating in a Deaf for a Day event on Wednesday.

Organized by the Queen’s Accessibility Committee (QAC), the event sought to raise awareness about the university experience of students with hearing impairments.Continue...

A woman aspiring to be the next prime minister visited campus March 14 to talk about her passion for politics.

A crowd of around 20 students, mostly from the Queen’s University Liberal Association, gathered in a meeting room in the JDUC to meet Martha Hall Findlay, one of the three candidates who have so far announced their intent to run for the leadership of the federal Liberal Party.Continue...

Everywhere he goes, Basil Hargrove manages to create a buzz. Last week, it was on campus.

Hargrove—more commonly known as “Buzz”—has built a reputation as the aggressive and confrontational president of the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers’ Union of Canada (CAW - Canada). He visited Queen’s on March 16 to present a lecture entitled “The Current State and Future Prospects of Labour Relations.”Continue...

The Queen’s Centre is to be built in three phases and completed by 2015. The facility will also house the soon-to-be-renamed School of Physical and Health Education, athletic facilities and the services and groups currently housed in the JDUC.
Phase I will include a 2,000-seat basketball court, a swimming pool, a racquetball court, student club space, retail space and the Common Ground Coffeehouse, as well as large seating areas, Hirano added. It will be located between the JDUC and Earl Street.Continue...

To avoid the heavy traffic congestion experienced by QCARD users in years past, the University has decided to implement a new preregistration system for the 2006-07 academic year using “time tickets” and staggering users’ access times. As in previous years, the preregistration period will be divided by year of study, with incoming fourth-years receiving first priority and preregistering in the first week, followed by third-years, second-years, and an open week for all studentsContinue...