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The struggle at NSCAD

A radio feature for CKDU 88.1 FM

8:00pm
- 9:00pm
Monday December 5 2011

The struggle at NSCAD: A radio feature for CKDU 88.1 FM

Produced by CKDU programmers James and Asaf

To be aired ...

Monday at 8:00pm on From the Margins

Tuesday at 8:00 am on Operation Wake-up

The full piece will be available for download at the From the Margins website (http://fromthemargins.h-a-z.org/) after the airing on Operation Wake-up on Tuesday. You can also go to the ckdu.ca online "progam archives to listen after the airing.

Description

The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design is being squeezed. This fall, pressure has come to bear from the provincial government due to expressed concerns about the school's debt. Howard Windsor, a former government Policy Analyst for the province of Nova Scotia, was recently appointed by the government to examine the future of NSCAD. He was allowed to consider any reorganization imaginable: up to and including the erasing of NSCAD as an independent university. His report was released to the government, but others are still waiting to see it.

In the face of this pressure -- and amidst a vacuum from the school's administration -- students, faculty and other campus workers at NSCAD have come together in defense of the school, gathering support inside and outside. Additionally, they've begun identifying their own solutions to the institution's challenges, emphasizing the importance of maintaining the school's independence and thinking creatively about how to run it better -- or even differently -- amidst shrinking resources.

Through the voices of students and faculty, we elaborate on these and other aspects of the story about the present struggle at NSCAD ...

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