By CBC News A University of Regina professor is worried tying university funding to performance metrics might have a negative effect on Ontario universities. Marc Spooner, a faculty of education professor, argues that the problem with accountability metrics is that they “tend to do more harm than good.” Read the full story here.
Dear Students, I want to congratulate you on completing your year of study in 2018/19. For myself, this year was at times one of the most difficult of my life, but in the end was undoubtedly the most rewarding and was incredibly special. I had the immense privilege of serving you this year as your…
By Jakob Sanderson I would like to thank Mr. Matthew Doering for his unwitting contribution to the cause of open education resources (OER) with his article in the April 3 edition of The Manitoban, “Freedom of access versus maintenance of quality”. Mr. Doering’s piece does a commendable job of highlighting the exorbitant cost that academic…
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On Thursday, March 14, 49 people were killed in a violent, bigoted attack at a New Zealand Mosque. This attack is the latest display of rising Islamophobia in society, something that is incumbent on all of us to stand against. At the University of Manitoba, we have an incredibly active Muslim Students’ Association, which we…