Lately, Quebec universities have been overly criticized as to how they manage their funds.
According to The Gazette, a group of graduate students came to the point of putting up a petition to support their unusual demand.
The students are attempting to convince Maclean’s Magazine to include a new ranking for universities that would be based on ethical investments.
Maybe this would lead universities to reconsider the way that they invest their endowment funds and give them a better image,...
After the student strike, Quebec could now face a strike from ambulance technicians during the holidays.
The CBC reported that the CSN Labour Federation, representing 60% of the paramedics and ambulance technicians in Quebec, had filled a strike notice for the holiday period.
The technicians have been lacking a contract since 2010 and are asking for a better pension plan.
They also ask for a revision of the salary scale.
However, this strike will mostly impact the...
Things are really not looking good in Egypt these days.
According to Al Jazeera, thousands of protesters demonstrated outside the presidential palace to protest against the proposed constitution.
Egyptian President Mohamed...
Twenty years ago, women were allowed to become priests, but today they are still kept from holding higher ranks in the clergy.
There was a motion proposed to allow women to become bishops, but the general synod of the Church of England has narrowly voted against it, reports the BBC.
Narrowly because it passed amongst the synod’s House of Bishops, but the House of Laity has rejected it, with only six votes missing for it to pass.
Some Archbishops and bishops in favour of a “yes” vote said this was a “grim day”, especially for women priests and supporters.
Among those who voted against, Canon Simon Killwick said that this legislation was “flawed”.
He insisted that there was no consensus on the issue amongst traditionalists, something that keeps dividing them...
The fair amount of police brutality that has been reported during last spring’s numerous protests against tuition hikes still make the news today.
Groups, such as Amnesty International and the Ligue des droits et libertés, denounce the violent treatments that some students faced at the time.
According to The Gazette, as many as fifty-one groups have renewed their demand for a public inquiry on the matter...
