NEWS AND EVENTS

OISE Building Holiday hours 2011-12

OISE at 252 Bloor Street west will be completely closed from:

« Thursday December 22, 2011 at 9:00 p.m. - until Tuesday December 27, 2011 at 8:00 a.m.

« Thursday December 29, 2011 at 9:00 p.m. - until Monday January 2, 2012 at 8:00 a.m.

« On all other days during the holiday period the building will be open.

For more details view 11-12_OISE_Buildings_Holiday_Operations_Schedule.

GSA Annual General Meeting

Monday, January 30th, 2012 evening hour.

Everyone is welcome! (Food will be provided.)

Past events or items of note:

TAs, TEPAs, and Sole Instructors

You are a member of CUPE 3902 Unit 1. The Union has been bargaining for months and has gone into a strike vote. Visit http://www.cupe3902.org to find out where and when you can vote, between November 23rd and 29th. The vote does not mean that is a strike is inevitable, just whether or not the membership believes in the strike. Use your voice, support your union.

OISE & Woodsworth students and alumnae work together to raise $4500 for Japan earthquake and tsunami relief

On March 31st, students, staff, and alumnae from OISE and Woodsworth College co-organized an event, held at Kruger Hall, to raise money for Japan earthquake and tsunami relief. We heard from speakers from the Japanese Consulate, the Canadian Red Cross, and Kristin Kobayashi, a Japanese Canadian who was in Tokyo at the time of the earthquake. The event was rounded out with brilliant performances and a silent auction. $1500 was raised from the event, plus generous contributions from the Woodsworth Students Association ($2500) and the Julia O'Sullivan, the Dean of OISE
($500). Proceeds were split between the Japanese Red Cross and Ashinaga, an educational organization that provides support to orphaned children in Japan. Many thanks to all those who made this event such a great success, including OISE graduate student DAVID GOLDBERG and former OISE student and current Dean of Students at Woodsworth, JOSEPHINE MULLALLY.

Most importantly, we wish the people of Japan a speedy and robust recovery!

Jeff Myers
President, OISE Graduate Student Association

Save HISTORY and PHILOSOPHY at OISE!

The University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies and OISE have agreed to suspend admissions to the PhD program in History and Philosophy of Education based on a recommendation by the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies. The GSA executive and Council have expressed serious concern about this move and commends the hard work being done by students in the Theory and Policy Studies department to resist this situation. Please click here for more information. There is a petition here and you can also join the Facebook group: SHAP