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 Editorial: The failing research funding balancing act
2009-06-18
Editorial - Ottawa was invaded last month by thousands of Canadian professors looking to promote change and let the government know they would no longer work for peanuts.
In May, the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences met to discuss research funding. The event was an opportunity for academics across Canada to address with politicians the discrepancies in funding between the hard sciences and social sciences/humanities. The latter have been swept under the carpet in the past in regards to funding, the government tending to ignore them. It is hard for researchers to fund projects, as only a handful get assistance from the government.
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 Slipping and sliding to Sled Island
2009-06-18
Sled Island - Calgarians, buckle up for late nights, daily Tubby Dogs and a whole bunch of hearing loss. Sled Island is back this year and its rollicking line-up will make way for a procession of bleary-eyed hangovers -- such is the magic of the music festival.
Organizing a festival is a hair-pulling, ultra-stressful affair. To help blow off the steam after a hard day's night of trying to get Sled Island up and running, festival operations manager Sean Petsche and festival director Zak Pashak picked up Magic: the Gathering.
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