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Year: 2014

Board ratifies UWOFA, PMA agreements

Board ratifies UWOFA, PMA agreements

Members of the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) and Professional and Managerial Association (PMA) will receive a 1.25 per cent salary increase this year, followed by 1 per cent increases each of the next three years, according to terms of...

Sibbald: End-of-life decision process remains murky despite courts

On Oct. 18, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada released its judgment in the case of Hassan Rasouli. The court stressed its ruling applied only in Ontario. The main implication of the ruling is physicians in Ontario seeking to withdraw life support, over the wishes of substitute decision-makers, have no other choice but to apply to the province’s Consent and Capacity Board, regardless of whether they feel ongoing treatment falls within the standard of medical care.

Dyczok: Cutting through Ukraine information and disinformation

Ruslana, a Ukrainian pop star-turned-activist, sat facing Wolf Blitzer in CNN’s Situation Room. She had spent three months in Kiev’s Independence Square, Maidan Nezalezhnosti, singing and making speeches in support of Ukraine’s right to democracy and free speech. In the middle of the night on Dec. 10, when riot police attacked the unarmed protesters, her voice could be heard from the stage and live streaming on television, calling out: “Wake up, anyone who can hear me, come out and help.”

Burke barks on about the business of hockey

Known for his gruffness, Brian Burke didn’t disappoint the audience last week at the BMO Financial Group Auditorium at Ivey Business School. After a thorough introduction, that included his achievements in hockey and his law degree from Harvard, his first words were:

Sibbald: End-of-life decision process remains murky despite courts

On Oct. 18, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada released its judgment in the case of Hassan Rasouli. The court stressed its ruling applied only in Ontario. The main implication of the ruling is physicians in Ontario seeking to withdraw life support, over the wishes of substitute decision-makers, have no other choice but to apply to the province’s Consent and Capacity Board, regardless of whether they feel ongoing treatment falls within the standard of medical care.

Dyczok: Cutting through Ukraine information and disinformation

Ruslana, a Ukrainian pop star-turned-activist, sat facing Wolf Blitzer in CNN’s Situation Room. She had spent three months in Kiev’s Independence Square, Maidan Nezalezhnosti, singing and making speeches in support of Ukraine’s right to democracy and free speech. In the middle of the night on Dec. 10, when riot police attacked the unarmed protesters, her voice could be heard from the stage and live streaming on television, calling out: “Wake up, anyone who can hear me, come out and help.”

Burke barks on about the business of hockey

Known for his gruffness, Brian Burke didn’t disappoint the audience last week at the BMO Financial Group Auditorium at Ivey Business School. After a thorough introduction, that included his achievements in hockey and his law degree from Harvard, his first words were: