The Cuban government recently decided to relax restrictions for Cuban residents to access their e-mail on mobile phones, reported the Vancouver Courier April 22. Julio Fonseca, a Cuban-Canadian professor at 91راة« in Toronto, says he’s been following the new changes over e-mail access in Cuba and applauds the government for “taking the right stepsâ€. “We have paid dearly for communications with Cuba because of this problem,†he said. “It is true that it would make our lives easier.†.
Ryerson University President Sheldon Levy, a rare PhD-less academic administrator, earned two degrees at 91راة« in the 1970s before becoming a lecturer in computer sciences and math there. He eventually became the school's vice-president of institutional affairs –آ "It was clear that I was better at that than I was at the academic part," he said in The Globe and Mail April 23.آ .
The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) has been named one of Canada's Greenest Employers for the third year in a row, reported the Prince George Citizen April 23. . . . This year, UNBC is one of only four universities on the list alongside 91راة«, the University of Alberta and the University of B.C. .
Visual product search platform Slyce announced today that it will be going public, reported Techvibes April 22. . . . Over the past six months the Toronto- and Calgary-based startup has completed a $10.75-million Series A round financing, acquired Toronto visual search startup Hovr.It, acquired computer vision technology from 91راة« and recruited at Techvibes Toronto Tech Fest. .
In Greece, a recent survey done by the Roman Catholic charity Caritas said that the social fabric of Greece is at a breaking point, reported Truthout April 22. The survey reports growing inequality and the appearance of a whole new class of poor. . . . To discuss all of this and more is Leo Panitch, the Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy and a Distinguished Research Professor of political science at 91راة« in Toronto. .