Talk:Algoma University College

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Contents 1 Edits by 24.109.88.233 2 Note 3 Staff 4 Recent Events 4.1 Matthew Good 5 Shinguak U

[edit] Edits by 24.109.88.233

This page has gone from lacking in detail to a bit of a mess. I will do what I can, but I am no expert.Dbrodbeck 13:28, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Fisrt off it is Brodbeck not Broadbeck... though call me Dave of course. I did not revert the page to stop anyone form having an opinion. (Though opinion seems not to be the correct word here, as this is an encyclopedia) I reverted the page because it was messy, and becuase much of the conent was innaccurate. Sorry if you felt stifled, that was not the intention. And yes the infobox is quite nice!Dbrodbeck 00:15, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Note

Just a quick note that this article should be moved to Algoma University once the charter legislation is passed, but not before then. I'll try to remember to keep on top of that myself, but I'm noting this in case I forget or somebody else gets to it first. Bearcat 05:12, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I wonder if it should be moved when the legislation passes or on the day the Charter takes effect? Dbrodbeck 22:29, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I think once the legislation passes is fine, as long as the article is able to state the date that the charter will take effect. Bearcat 09:54, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Makes sense.Dbrodbeck 11:38, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

I thought the school was going to be named Shingwauk University, or was that just a rumor? 15:56, 17 July 2007

It will be ALgoma University. THe 1994 proposal for independence which died at the MTCU would have changed the name to Shinguak. Dbrodbeck 12:07, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

There will be a news conference Monday, May 26 and people suspect that the charter legislation will be introduced on that day. Dbrodbeck (talk) 04:41, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I thought the third and final reading had passed, wasn't this when you wanted to change the article? I wanted to hold on changing the title myself in case i was missing something.. 24.109.90.148 (talk) 06:21, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

We need to be able to provide the date on which the legislation will actually take effect. Bearcat (talk) 14:36, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

I have an unciteable source that says July 1, 2009. Now, until it is published though, I will refrain from doing the edit. Dbrodbeck (talk) 23:39, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Staff

According to the "Staff Listings" on the university website. There are 94 people/positions listed is the staffs section (excluding all of the campus faculty), which is quite different from 36 listed in Wikipedia. Does someone have an alternative source for this info?

Hi, The 94 staff positions are support staff, not faculty. I am pretty sure the reference to 'staff' in the article is referring to full time profs. There are not 94 full time faculty, it is about 38 right now, but AUC is in a transitional phase right now where there are hires happening as well as retirements. I am going to change it to 38 for now. Dbrodbeck 15:55, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

I've changed the label to faculty as "38 Staff" can be misleading. Maybe there should be a staff label as well?

Hi, first off please sign your posts. At a University, in Canada, faculty are faculty, staff are support staff. Anyway, I see your point, but I doubt too many people are interested in how many support staff there are, and would assume that staff meant faculty. (Not saying anything bad about support staff, hard to run a place without them). It seems after looking that other school either have 'faculty' listed or have both faculty and staff in their info boxes. The academic calendar would be the best source for the number of full time people. Dbrodbeck 16:46, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Recent Events

[edit] Matthew Good

I wonder if maybe there should be a little note about the recent ahh... clash with Mat Good?

http://www.matthewgood.org/2007/10/in-all-fairness-indeed/
http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=27668

It's sort of a messy shadow on AUC, I personally think MG is being a bit of a dick, and I wasn't there but don't really doubt he'd slander our city (He did it last time he was here, just a few snide comments throughout the show), anyways, personal opinions aside, I'm not sure if this issue is worth a footnote on the main page or not. (I know we'd love to just show the good things about AUC, but this is supposed to be a reliable source of information after all right?)
--Grevian 16:21, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, it is a messy shadow according to a minor website (the issue was not even picked up by the local paper) and the blog of a musician. Now, it was a bit of a mess, but hell, really, it hardly belongs in an encyclopedia article Dbrodbeck 12:20, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shinguak U

Shinguak U has not announced an independence date. According to this article http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=30375 they will "...(offer) courses are developed and instructed by Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig and offered under the degree programs granting office of the University of Sudbury and Algoma University College." That is not an independent University opening in Fall 08.Dbrodbeck (talk) 03:11, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

I've fixed the description of Shingwauk to more accurately represent what the article actually says. It appears that it may someday become an independent university, but at its initial launch it's going to be a federated school of Algoma. Bearcat (talk) 18:26, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

It is a bit more complicated than that, it won't quite be a federated school, but that is the best description until Algoma gets independence. The problem is that I cannot find a reference that adequately describes the potential relationship Dbrodbeck (talk) 02:23, 27 February 2008 (UTC)