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      The
      Cadre
      +
      20
      October
      1998
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      is
      your
      educational
      neighbourhood
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      MELISSA
      DOUCETTE
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      number
      of
      people
     
     
      and
      terms
      discussed
      in
      terms
      of
     
     
      education
      can
      be
      boggling
      to
     
     
      the
      average
      student.
     
    

    
     
      If
      you
      have
      ever
      been
     
     
      confused
      by
      this
      maze
      of
      infor-
     
     
      mation,
      read
      this
      short
      list
      of
     
     
      some
      of
      the
      pertinent
      names
     
     
      and
      topics.
      If
      you’re
      still
      really
     
     
      confused,
      remember
      that
      you
     
     
      are
      probably
      more
      informed
     
     
      than
      some
      politicians!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Paul
      Martin,
      Federal
      Minister
     
     
      of
      Finance.
      Prepares
      the
      budget
     
     
      and
      decides
      what
      money
      goes
     
     
      where.
      He
      also
      decides
      where
     
     
      to
      take
      money
      from,
      like
      the
      $7
     
     
      billion
      he
      cut
      from
      education
     
     
      since
      1993.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pierre
      Pettigrew,
      Federal
      Min-
     
     
      ister
      of
      Human
      Resources
      De-
     
     
      velopment
      Canada.
      Responsi-
     
     
      ble
      for
      job
      creation
      initiatives,
     
     
      the
      Canadian
      Student
      Loan
      Pro-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      gram,
      and
      many
      others
      —
      it’s.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      one
      of
      the
      largest
      portfolios
      in
     
     
      the
      Federal
      government.
      If
      you
     
     
      have
      a
      student
      loan,
      this
      man
     
     
      owns
      60
      percent
      of
      your
      life.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jean
      Monty,
      Chair
      of
      the
      Mil-
     
     
      lennium
      Scholarship
      Fund
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (MSF)
      and
      CEO
      of
      Bell
      Canada
     
     
      (BCE).
      The
      MSF
      will
      distribute
     
     
      money
      to
      students
      (criteria
      has
     
     
      not
      yet
      been
      set).
      In
      1995,
      BCE
     
     
      owed
      the
      Federal
      government
     
     
      $1.9
      billion
      in
      deferred
      taxes,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jean
      Chrétien,
      Prime
      Minis-
     
     
      ter
      of
      Canada.
      Paul
      Martin’s
     
     
      boss,
      and
      employee
      of
      Cana-
     
     
      dian
      citizens.
      Participant
      on
      a
     
     
      House
      of
      Commons
      Commit-
     
     
      tee
      that
      decided
      police
      should
     
     
      carry
      pepper
      spray
      instead
      of
     
     
      mace.
      Claims
      not
      to
      know
      what
     
     
      pepper
      spray
      is
      (“Pepper?
      It’s
     
     
      what
      I
      put
      on
      my
      plate.”).
      Also
     
     
      originator
      of
      quotes
      such
      as
     
     
      “Fish
      don’t
      have
      passports,”
     
     
      “Seals
      don’t
      eat
      beef,”
      and
      other
     
     
      memorable
      proverbs.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      APEC
      (Asian
      Pacific
      Economic
     
     
      Council).
      In
      November
      1997,
     
     
      the
      APEC
      conference
      was
      held
     
     
      on
      the
      University
      of
      British
     
     
      Columbia
      campus.
      It
      was
      at-
     
     
      tended
      by
      such
      illustrious
      dic-
     
     
      tators
      as
      former
      Indonesian
     
     
      President
      Suharto,
      who
      killed
     
     
      over
      600,000
      people
      during
      his
     
     
      reign.
      Jean
      Chretien
      was
      afraid
     
     
      Canadian
      student
      demonstra-
     
     
      tors
      would
      make
      Suharto
      feel
     
     
      bad.
      These
      students
      now
      know
     
     
      what
      pepper
      spray
      is.
      Appar-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      The
      (aire
      is
      the
      official
      newspaper
      of
      the
      students
      of
      UPEI.
     
     
      It
      is
      published
      10
      times
      per
      semester.
      2500
      copies
      are
      distributed
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ently,
      you
      also
      put
      pepper
      in
     
     
      your
      eyes.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CHST
      (Canadian
      Health
      and
     
     
      Social
      Transfer)
      payments.
      The
     
     
      new
      funding
      mechanism
      for
     
     
      social
      programs,
      including
      edu-
     
     
      cation.
      Before
      the
      CHST,
      pro-
     
     
      grams
      like
      education
      had
      money
     
     
      specifically
      designated
      forthem.
     
     
      Now,
      one
      lump
      sum
      is
      given
      to
     
     
      the
      provinces
      (cf
      “passing
      the
     
     
      buck’)
      ,
      who
      decide
      where
      the
     
     
      money
      goes.
      There
      isn’t
      as
     
     
      much
      money
      involved
      in
      the
     
     
      CHST
      as
      there
      was
      in
      the
      old
     
     
      system
      of
      funding.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Loan
      Remissions.
      Cancella-
     
     
      tion
      of
      limited
      portions
      of
      debt
     
     
      accrued
      through
      student
      loans.
     
     
      Usually
      available
      for
      the
      provin-
     
     
      cial
      portion
      of
      a
      student
      loan,
      it
     
     
      is
      only
      available
      after
      gradua-
     
     
      tion.
      Students
      must
      apply
      for
     
     
      loan
      remission,
      and
      generally
     
     
      must
      demonstrate
      a
      level
      of
     
     
      need.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Grants.
      Money
      given
      to
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      in
      need
      to
      help
      reduce
     
     
      high
      debt
      loads.
      The
      only
      crite-
     
     
      ria
      grants
      have
      is
      need.
      Canada
     
     
      does
      not
      have
      a
      national
      grant-
     
     
      ing
      system,
      and
      PEI
      stopped
      its
     
     
      provincial
      granting
      system
     
     
      around
      1995.
      Special
      Oppor-
     
     
      tunity
      Grants
      (SOG)
      are
      tar-
     
     
      geted
      at
      certain
      groups,
      such
      as
     
     
      students
      with
      disabilities,
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      who
      are
      single
      parents,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Join
      thousands
      of
      other
      students
      at
      Canada’s
      fastest
     
     
      growing
      distance
      education
      university
      and
      ...
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      some
      women
      in
      doctoral
      stud-
     
     
      ies,
      etc.
      Check
      with
      Student
     
     
      Development
      for
      more
      details.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      SSHRC
      (Social
      Sciences
      and
     
     
      Humanities
      Research
      Council),
     
     
      NSERC
      (Natural
      Sciences
      and
     
     
      Engineering
      Research
      Council),
     
     
      MRC
      (Medical
      Research
      Coun-
     
     
      cil).
      These
      councils
      grant
     
     
      money
      to
      various
      academics
     
     
      across
      the
      country
      to
      assist
      in
     
     
      research.
      Many
      graduate
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      depend
      on
      these
      to
      fi-
     
     
      nance
      their
      studies.
      Funding
      for
     
     
      these
      councils
      has
      been
      drasti-
     
     
      cally
      cut
      since
      1993,
      although
      a
     
     
      portion
      was
      restored
      in
      the
      last
     
     
      Federal
      budget.
      Although
      there
     
     
      are
      more
      Arts
      students
      than
      any
     
     
      other
      discipline,
      SSHRC’s
      are
     
     
      the
      least
      funded
      of
      the
      three
     
     
      granting
      councils.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CFS
      (Canadian
      Federation
      of
     
     
      Students).
      Canada’s
      national
     
     
      student
      movement,
      consisting
     
     
      of
      over
      400,000
      students
      and
     
     
      60
      universities
      and
      colleges.
      The
     
     
      main
      principle
      of
      the
      CFS
      is
     
     
      universal
      post-secondary
      edu-
     
     
      cation.
      Both
      the
      UPEI
      Student
     
     
      Union
      (Local
      31)
      and
      the
      UPEI
     
     
      Graduate
      Student’s
      Association
     
     
      ote
      70)
      are
      members
      of
      the
     
     
      FS.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      Coun-
     
     
      cil.
      All
      full-time
      students
      be-
     
     
      long
      to
      the
      student
      union,
      and
     
     
      Council
      is
      a
      representation
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      student
      body.
      It
      has
      reps
     
     
      from
      the
      faculties
      of
      science,
     
     
      business,
      arts,
      nursing,
      and
     
     
      education.
      There
      is
      also
      a
      first-
     
     
      year
      rep,
      an
      AVC
      rep,
      a
      board
     
     
      of
      governor’s
      rep,
      and
      a
     
     
      MAPUS
      (mature
      and
      part-time
     
     
      students)
      rep,
      as
      well
      as
      several
     
     
      senate
      reps.
      The
      Council
      Ex-
     
     
      ecutive
      consists
      of
      a
      President,
     
     
      Vice-President
      External,
      Vice-
     
     
      President
      Internal,
      Vice-Presi-
     
     
      dent
      Finance,
      and
      Vice-Presi-
     
     
      dent
      Operations.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CUPE,
      Canadian
      Union
      of
      Pub-
     
     
      lic
      Employees.
      This
      union
      is
      a
     
     
      national
      organization
      that
      rep-
     
     
      resents
      thousands
      of
      university
     
     
      and
      college
      staff
      members
      (and
     
     
      many
      other
      types
      of
      workers).
     
     
      UPEI
      staff
      belongs
      to
      CUPE
     
     
      1870.
      CUPE
      in
      general
      gives
     
     
      considerable
      support
      to
      stu-
     
     
      dents.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Simpsons.
      Quite
      possibly
     
     
      the
      best
      show
      on
      earth.
      Invalu-
     
     
      able
      asset
      for
      stressed
      out
      stu-
     
     
      dents,
      and
      fertile
      breeding
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘ground
      for
      a
      slew
      of
      interdisci-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      plinary
      thesis
      topics.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      More
      of
      your
      neighbours
      to
     
     
      appear
      in
      future
      issues...
      stay
     
     
      tuned
      for
      the
      Multilateral
      Agree-
     
     
      ment
      on
      Investment
      (MAI),
     
     
      provincial
      government
      mem-
     
     
      bers,
      and
      UPEI
      administrative
     
     
      figures.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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