http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/1380/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/op-ed-cape-breton-post-misinforms-readers-about-tu/33245 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/cb-post-tuition-campaign3.jpg" alt="" title="The Cape Breton Post distorted the facts in order to discredit the Zero Tuition campaign launched last week at CBU by students union president Brendan Ellis (left), faculty association president Scott Stewart (centre) and university president David Wheeler (right)." width="300" height="175" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>This article was originally published in the&nbsp;<a href="http://cbindependent.com/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Cape Breton Independent</a></em></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/op-ed-cape-breton-post-misinforms-readers-about-tu/33245" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/op-ed-cape-breton-post-misinforms-readers-about-tu/33245#comments Garry Leech Education Media Cape Breton Post Cape Breton University tuition Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:54:23 +0000 Robert DeVet 33245 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/cbu-officials-launch-national-campaign-eliminate-t/33225 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/three-presidents1.jpg" alt="" title="Cape Breton University Students’ Union president Brendan Ellis (left), CBU Faculty Association president Scott Stewart (middle) and CBU president David Wheeler (right) have launched a national campaign to eliminate tuition for post-secondary education" width="300" height="199" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>This article was originally published in the&nbsp;<a href="http://cbindependent.com/" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Cape Breton Independent</a></em></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/cbu-officials-launch-national-campaign-eliminate-t/33225" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/cbu-officials-launch-national-campaign-eliminate-t/33225#comments Garry Leech Education Cape Breton University tuition Fri, 06 Mar 2015 13:57:18 +0000 Robert DeVet 33225 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/hungry-learning/32308 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Students turn to food banks as tuition and cost of living rise </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/food_bank_res.jpg" alt="" title="Food on the shelf at the Dalhousie Food Bank. Rising tuition fees and increasing cost of living are forcing Nova Scotia students to turn to food banks. ‘I work full time all summer I barely scratch the surface of those costs.’ Photo contributed" width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>(K&#39;JIPUKTUK), HALIFAX - Many people assume that the diet of the university student mostly consists of ramen noodles or frozen pizzas, food that can be hastily consumed in intervals between cla</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/hungry-learning/32308" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/hungry-learning/32308#comments Moira Donovan Education Poverty Dalhousie University Feed Nova Scotia Food Banks Loaded Ladle Nova Scotia tuition universities Thu, 27 Nov 2014 00:46:47 +0000 Robert DeVet 32308 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca