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We need a plan for multi-year university funding

Miriam Jones wrote 1 month ago: From today’s Daily Gleaner: It was encouraging to read The Gleaner’s Oct. 31 editorial c … more →

Tags: Contract academics, Letters, Liberals, AUNBT

Is the York Sunbury Historical Society housed in this museum?

yorksunburymuseum wrote 3 months ago: Recently, the office received the following query.  I thought that these were good questions and the … more →

Tags: Research Enquiries, museum, York Sunbury Historical Society, Archival Material, Historic Site, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Harriet Irving Library, Fredericton Public Library, MC 300

Bond's 4½-litre Bentley, with Amherst Villiers supercharger

Dell Deaton wrote 3 months ago: By Chapter 5 of Casino Royale (1953), Ian Fleming had listed two brands of cigarettes, a Jamaican ne … more →

Tags: Ian Fleming, James Bond titles, Brands, Commentary & Analysis, Kingsley Amis, "The James Bond Dossier", "Casino Royale" (1953), Bentley, caporals, Morlands

Guess I was worried for nothing.

Miriam Jones wrote 4 months ago: Happy news, hey? Just a little confusion over the name. Oh, and the owners. … more →

Tags: Online Education, for-profit education, Lansbridge

And as is so often the case,

Miriam Jones wrote 7 months ago: the cartoonists have it right even when the editors don’t: [The Daily Gleaner, May 13/09, C6.] … more →

Tags: media, cartoons, Liberals, UNB, Shawn Graham, honourary degree

Say what?

Miriam Jones wrote 7 months ago: One trusts that Stephen Strople was misquoted today in the Daily Gleaner: Stropel [sic] said the uni … more →

Tags: UNB, honourary degree, Stephen Stropel

Student issues in the news

Miriam Jones wrote 10 months ago: “Return of Grad Union Movement,” Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed (Jan. 28/09). “Ba … more →

Tags: Students, Inside Higher Ed, Chronicle of Higher Education

Some news catch-up

Miriam Jones wrote 11 months ago: Oddly, The Daily Gleaner did not name the PSE debacle as one of the ten top news stories of the year … more →

Tags: Elsewhere, media, Liberal Arts, Liberals, Conservatives, Economy, CBC, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Inside Higher Ed

Last word today on

Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: the throne speech I swear; I have to go and pick up my kid. The Gleaner quotes Conservative leader D … more →

Tags: Liberals, Throne Speech, David Alward

The provincial media1 comment

Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: continues its ascerbic coverage of anything with a whiff of unionism in two short pieces on the demo … more →

Tags: corporatization, Unions, Telegraph Journal, CUPE

Throne speech

Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: I would have listened to the throne speech yesterday, honest, but I had to wash my hair. But luckily … more →

Tags: Liberals, How unis work, Action-plan, Throne Speech

Eddy group arrives

Tom Henheffer wrote 1 year ago: Display at the Eddy Group showroom The Eddy Group has come to Fredericton. “People just don’t know a … more →

Tags: Print, Ads, Bathrooms, Bathtubs, Eddy Group, Fredericton, Sinks, Toilets

An editorial4 comments

Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: in today’s Gleaner argues that that the provincial government needs to look at proposals from … more →

Tags: education as a right, media, Liberals, educational funding

Sounds like

Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: yesterday’s demonstrations in Fredericton and Moncton by New Brunswick students were a success … more →

Tags: education as a right, Action, media, Demonstrations, Liberals, Telegraph Journal, educational funding, Times & Transcript

News, local, regional, and national

Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: “UNB president criticizes province for inaction,” Jennifer Dunville, The Daily Gleaner ( … more →

Tags: corporatization, Unions, Elsewhere, media, Academic Freedom, Liberals, UNB, Action-plan, John McLaughlin

Is the end nigh?3 comments

Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: For the Pollyanna view, read “The reports of impending doom are exaggerated: In our view: Fred … more →

Tags: PSE Commission, Elsewhere, media, Economy, CAUT, New York Times, Inside Higher Ed, Chronicle of Higher Education, Times Higher Education

How about, "Sherwood Forest"?

Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: “Group mulls strategies to preserve woodlot: Nature: Naming contest, land trust among options, … more →

Tags: Community, corporatization, UNBF, UNB Woodlot

News from out and about

Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: “AUCC report shows universities are major contributors to Canada’s economy and quality of life … more →

Tags: corporatization, Unions, media, Letters, Demographics, Economy, Telegraph Journal, Globe and Mail, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

News around and about

Miriam Jones wrote 1 year ago: N.B. and the rest of Canada: “Universities say first-year students help cushion decline in enr … more →

Tags: media, Inside Higher Ed, University Affairs, Chronicle of Higher Education, Times Higher Education, Ubyssey Online, chronicle review


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