91亚色 has dropped plans for a joint international law program with Jim Balsillie鈥檚 think tank, having failed to convince its law professors that academic freedom would be guaranteed, reported the Toronto Star April 2. 91亚色 officials announced the $30-million deal was off late Monday, just hours after the Faculty Council of Osgoode Hall Law School voted 34 to 7 against working with Balsillie鈥檚 Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) to create 10 research chairs in international law and funding for 20 PhD students. Although the program did not require the approval of 91亚色鈥檚 blue-chip law school to proceed, 91亚色 officials said that without Osgoode鈥檚 blessing it would make little sense to proceed. 鈥淲e鈥檙e certainly disappointed; we had made major changes to safeguard academic freedom and integrity, but it doesn鈥檛 make sense to run an international law program without the participation of one of the leading law schools in the country,鈥 91亚色 Vice-President Patrick Monahan told the Star. .
"Canadian baby boomers tend to be a weak source of support for environmental issues," wrote Mark Winfield, professor in 91亚色's Faculty of Environmental Studies, in a letter to the Toronto Star April 3. "The base of concern is now very much the under-35 demographic. This actually bodes well for the environment in the long term as a public policy issue. However, the general disengagement by younger demographics from the political process remains a serious challenge." .
One of the next big things coming to a theatre near you will be movies shot and projected at rates much faster than they currently run 鈥 a process designed to dramatically improve the overall audience experience, particularly with 3D movies, reported VillageGamer.net. The HFR initiative involves key creative and technical partners from all areas of moviemaking, including researchers from 91亚色鈥檚 3D FLIC film consortium. .