The
      Cadre
      -
     
    
   
   
    
     
      9
      February
      1999
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Notices
      17
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Did
      you
      know...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      17
      out
      of
      29
      Organization
      for
      Economic
      Cooperation
      and
      Development
     
     
      (OECD)
      countries
      have
      zero
      tuition.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      President
      of
      Ireland
      credits
      her
      country’s
      recent
      economic
      boom
      to
      free
     
     
      post-secondary
      education.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Canada
      has
      the
      second
      highest
      tuition
      for
      publicly
      funded
      post-secondary
     
     
      education
      institutions
      out
      of
      all
      OECD
      countries.
      Only
      Japan
      has
      higher.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      27
      out
      of
      29
      OECD
      countries
      have
      a
      system
      of
      national
      grants.
      Only
      Japan
     
     
      and
      Canada
      do
      not.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      average
      student
      debt
      load
      in
      1990
      was
      approximately
      $8,500.
      The
      average
     
     
      student
      debt
      load
      in
      1997
      was
      $25,000.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jean
      Monty,
      CEO
      of
      Bell
      Canada,
      is
      the
      Chair
      of
      the
      Millennium
      Scholarship
     
     
      Foundation.
      Bell
      Canada
      owed
      the
      Federal
      Government
      $1.9
      billion
      several
     
     
      years
      ago.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      $2.3
      billion
      has
      been
      cut
      from
      education
      alone
      since
      1993.
     
     
      Youth
      unemployment
      has
      not
      dipped
      below
      15%
      in
      this
      decade.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Jean
      Chretien
      used
      to
      be
      a
      student
      activist
      in
      Quebec.
      In
      BC,
      Jean
      Chretien
     
     
      pepper
      sprayed
      student
      activists
      for
      peacefully
      demonstrating
      against
      the
     
     
      APEC
      summit
      held
      on
      their
      campus.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      1995,
      the
      largest
      student
      demonstration
      in
      Canadian
      history
      took
      place
     
     
      nationwide.
      Over
      100,000
      students
      made
      the
      federal
      government
      back
      down
     
     
      from
      a
      regressive
      loan
      system.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sexual
      Harassment
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Committee
      at
      UPEI
     
    
   
   
    
     
      BY
      BARBARA
      CURLEY
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Yes!
      There
      is
      a
      Sexual
      Harassment
      Committee
      at
      UPEI.
     
    

    
     
      It
      is
      made
      up
      of
      one
      member
      each
      of
      the
      teaching
      staff:
     
     
      Dr.
      David
      Sims,
      Anatomy
      &
      Physiology
      (566-0812),
      Chair;
     
     
      support
      staff:
      Barbara
      Curley,
      Office
      of
      the
      Dean
      of
      Science,
     
     
      (566-0382);
      student
      services:
      Robert
      Pritchett
      (626-4368),
      and
     
     
      nominee
      of
      the
      President:
      Dr.
      Roberta
      MacDonald,
      School
     
     
      of
      Business,
      (566-0348);
      and
      two
      members
      of
      the
      student
     
     
      body:
      Matt
      McQuaid,
      c/o
      Dept.
      of
      Chemistry,
      (566-0314),
     
     
      and
      Pauline
      Tran,
      c/o
      Student
      Union,
      566-0648.
      Any
      mem-
     
     
      ber
      of
      the
      Committee
      can
      be
      contacted
      for
      information
      or
      aid
     
     
      in
      sexual
      harassment
      cases.
     
    

    
     
      According
      to
      the
      UPEI
      Sexual
      Harassment
      Policy,
     
     
      “sexual
      harassment,
      whatever
      its
      form,
      should
      be
      met
      with
     
     
      censure
      and
      not
      allowed
      to
      diminish
      the
      rights
      of
      faculty,
      staff
     
     
      and
      students;
      it
      is
      not
      tolerated
      at
      the
      University
      of
      Prince
     
     
      Edward
      Island,
      and
      the
      University
      will
      make
      every
      reason-
     
     
      able
      effort
      to
      ensure
      that
      no
      one
      is
      subjected
      to
      sexual
      harass-
     
     
      ment.”
     
    

    
     
      What
      is
      sexual
      harassment?
      Sexual
      harassment
      may
     
     
      include,
      but
      may
      not
      be
      limited
      to,
      behaviour
      such
      as:
      “crude,
     
     
      offensive
      or
      suggestive
      remarks,
      gender
      based
      insults
      and
     
     
      taunting,
      leering,
      and
      humour
      based
      on
      stereotypes,
      directed
     
     
      at
      a
      person
      because
      of
      his/her
      gender
      or
      sexual
      orientation;
      or
     
     
      unwanted
      and
      unsolicited
      sexual
      advances
      (including
      innu-
     
     
      endoes
      and
      ee
      remarks
      inviting
      intimacy
      and
      sexual
     
     
      contact)
      and
      physical
      contact
      which
      take
      place
      in
      the
      context
     
     
      of
      academic,
      professional
      or
      work-related
      transactions;
      or
     
     
      solicitation
      of
      sexual
      activity
      by
      expressed
      or
      implied
      romise
     
     
      of
      reward
      or
      threat
      of
      reprisal;
      or
      coerced
      sexual
      relations.”
     
     
      (UPEI
      Sexual
      Harassment
      Policy,
      as
      amended
      by
      Senate
      on
     
     
      29
      January
      1993)
      The
      complete
      Policy
      can
      be
      found
      on
      the
     
     
      World
      Wide
      Web
      -
      www.upei.ca,
      and
      by
      selecting
      “Official
     
     
      University
      Documents”.
     
    

    
     
      If
      you
      or
      any
      of
      your
      friends
      have
      been
      sexually
      har-
     
     
      assed
      or
      have
      any
      questions,
      please
      contact
      any
      member
      of
     
     
      the
      UPEI
      Committee
      listed
      above.
      Absolute
      confidentiality
     
     
      is
      guaranteed.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      |
      You
      may
      not
      be
      eligible
      for
      a
      student
      loan
      next
      year.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Come
      to
      the
      workshop
      being
      held
      by
      the
     
     
      Canadian
      Federation
      of
      Students
      -
      PEI
      to
      find
      out
      why.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      February
      16%,
      1999
      at
      12:00
      and
      6:00
      in
      Main
      237.
     
     
      All
      are
      welcome
      to
      attend.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      more
      information,
      please
      contact
      mjdoucette@upei.ca.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Attention
      Students:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      1998
      yearbooks
      are
      in
      and
      avail-
     
     
      able
      for
      pick-up
      or
      purchase.
      The
      books
      are
     
     
      free
      for
      1998
      graduates
      and
      cost
      $10
      for
      any
     
     
      one
      else
      who
      is
      interested.
      The
      books
      can
      be
     
    
   
   
    
     
      picked
      up
      at
      the
      Barn
      or
      the
      Yearbook
      office
     
     
      (09
      Main).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Also,
      the
      deadline
      for
      submission
      of
     
     
      Grad
      Photos
      (March
      31,
      1999)
      is
      fast
      ap-
     
     
      proaching.
      Photos
      can
      be
      submitted
      to
      the
     
     
      Yearbook
      office
      (09
      Main)
      at
      any
      time.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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