fossil fuel divestment
UBC Is still $160 million short of full divestment: the university needs to do more, and her group is calling for UBC to fully divest all of its funds of fossil fuels. She says the $380-million transfer represents too small a portion of UBC's $2 billion endowment.
Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubc-divestment-vote-1.5371719
psychologist-provided test
replace 'psychology-provided test' with 'tests that have prioritized white American values and understandings of intelligence'
Often, that skill is genetic.
Add: 'I have no citations, but trust me when I tell you' to 'often, that skill is genetic'
Replace 'society has' with 'Men like me have'
for-profit, venture-backed company
Can someone please give me a few million dollars to privatize historically public institutions? Would really love that.
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How is this not just what a community college does?
The Frontline Workers Scholarship
This is nice.
Full refund if you do the work and don't pass
How is this not creating a system that pushes students through regardless of work done?
The future of online college is here.
The future of paying randoms for online college is here.
Programs & Skills
Lynda.com no longer good for LTR's or all Staff? - problemshoot this, but it shold still be available for staff?
Intercultural competence self-assessment.docx
New Integration
NEW - Template FR & ENG - Gabarit plan de cours.docx
Needed a second time in course? (in Module 3 already)
Vocabulaire par thème / Vocabulary by Subject.pdf
In resources currently, should stick with rest of Gabarit though?
Gabarit plan de cours Sandi example.pdf
Should stick with blank template, wherever that ends up
Attachment Gabarit plan de cours Fr, Eng(2).docx
Task instead of reading/resource?
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This statement paired with this image makes it seem like a straight-forward process with very little grey area.
suspicious behaviors
Such assuredness. Not even 'potentially suspicious behaviors?' All behaviors outside of the 'norm' automatically become suspicious.
advanced machine learning and facial detection technology to deliver accurate, reliable exam proctoring that outperforms human proctors
Something about the comparison here strikes me as eerie, especially since facial detection has been found so wanting. Regardless that it's AI doing the majority of the "watching", as a student I would feel uncomfortable having a rando in my house simply to watch me take a test, not to mention a rando who may or may not recognize me depending on my race.