Punk prophet to kick off speaker series

The Mouseland Press, Inc. Speaker Series 2009-2010 is set to launch next month.

On Thursday, Nov. 12, Canadian punk author Chris Walter will appear at the West End Cultural Centre. In time for Restorative Justice Week, Afghan politician and women’s rights crusader Malalai Joya will take the stage on Monday, Nov. 16 at Convocation Hall at the University of Winnipeg. The Restorative Justice Coalition will present the third speaker, international journalist Sandy Tolan, on Thursday, Nov. 19.

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U of W ranks high in Globe and Mail report

The Globe and Mail Canadian University Report 2010 ranked the University of Winnipeg as one of Canada’s top undergraduate schools. U of W was rated alongside 17 other universities in Canada with student populations between 4,000 and 12,000, including five from Western Canada.

U of W was rated highly in several categories among Western Canadian universities, including class sizes, environmental commitment, academic reputation, recreation and athletics, student-faculty interaction, libraries, quality of teaching and student services.

The survey of U of W was completed before several big campus projects were finished, including McFeetors Hall, Great West Life Student Residence, the new day-care centre and Diversity Foods Services, as well as the campus pub the university is planning to add.

Largest donation to Canadian law school

The school of law at Dalhousie University has been renamed the Schulich School of Law. According to The Dalhousie Gazette, the name change was made on Oct. 15 after Seymour Schulich made a $20 million donation to the school.

This wasn’t the first donation made by Schulich. A report from the National Post in May 2008 said Schulich had donated more than $250 million to post-secondary institutions in Canada, including York University, The University of Western Ontario, The University of Calgary and McGill University - all of which have schools named after him.

Phillip Saunders, dean of Dalhousie’s law school, said the donation will be going towards 41 new scholarships, as well as various funding toward the school.

Clinton accepts honour from McGill University

McGill University presented former U.S. president Bill Clinton with an honourary doctorate for “a lifetime of outstanding leadership” at a ceremony on Oct. 16. The private, invitation-only ceremony held at Montreal’s Centre Mont-Royal was part of the university’s inaugural Leadership Summit.

Clinton addressed inequalities around the world in his speech, stressing the need for a world conscience.

“This inequality problem cannot be solved by anybody alone; it will require a communitarian mentality,” he said.

The few student attendees included student senators and students who had been awarded the Clinton-Dahdaleh scholarship.

Published in Volume 64, Number 9 of The Uniter (October 29, 2009)