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June 2008 (1)

Fri 27

McMaster President's Contract Revealed Under Freedom of Information

April 2008 (2)

Fri 04	Trent President Bonnie Patterson tops $326,000 in 2007
Tue 01	Money troubles at Trent - $10.5 million deficit announced

September 2007 (2)

Thu 20	TRPC Hydroelectric Development Update
Thu 13	On The Road to Academic Greatness - A Parable

May 2007 (2)

Thu 10	Report finds Trent administration infringed prof's academic freedom
Wed 09	Student settles - misfeasance by President untested in the courts

April 2007 (3)

Tue 10	Trent apologizes to professors, grievance settled
Thu 05	Trent President Bonnie Patterson tops $309,000 in 2006
Wed 04	David Mahy To Resign

October 2006 (4)

Mon 23	Trent Demolishes Historic Commoner - Students Away On Reading Break
Mon 16	No Surprise Trent DNA Cluster $1.6M Over Budget
Thu 05	Transparency in Public Matters Act 2006 Receives 1st Reading
Tue 03	Trent Poised to Demolish Historic Building

September 2006 (5)

Fri 29	Revamped Transparency Bill to be Introduced Includes Universities
Thu 28	Local Citizen Blames President For Trent's Decline
Mon 25	Transparency Legislation Dead - Citizens' Right To Know Suffers Setback
Wed 20	Top court's refusal to hear York's appeal a victory for academic freedom
Tue 19	Trent Opts Out - Maclean's Files FOI Requests With Universities

June 2006 (4)

Fri 23	Board Consent Given to President's Apparent Conflict of Interest
Sat 10	Ontario Universities Subject to Freedom Of Information Starting Today
Thu 08	Transparency In Public Matters Act Withdrawn
Mon 05	President on Both Sides of Table in York-Manulife Deal?

April 2006 (2)

Tue 04	B.C. Universities Fight For Secrecy - A Warning For Ontario?
Sun 02	University President Can Be Sued For "Misfeasance In Public Office"

March 2006 (5)

Mon 27	Trent President Bonnie Patterson's pay tops $257,000 in 2005
Thu 23	Government Agreements With Universities Remain Secret
Tue 14	Aramark Labour Practices Criticized
Tue 07	Corporatization of the University: Who Is Telling the Truth?
Thu 02	Billboard Defacing Reaction To Patterson Privatization Agenda

February 2006 (5)

Sat 25	Universities Mysterious And Unaccountable As Medieval Royal Court
Mon 20	Trent University Development Corporation Plan Still Alive
Sat 11	The World Belongs To Those Who Can Afford Trent's Tuition
Wed 08	Promoter Of Corporatizing Universities To Get Honourary Degree
Fri 03	Trent Evicts Ontario Audio Library Service After 30 Years

January 2006 (5)

Thu 26	Transparency By Association? Nope, That Doesn't Work
Wed 25	Trent Hydro Plans: First Public Comment Deadline Feb 8/06
Wed 18	Of Poor Governance, Suburban Isolation And Snake Oil
Wed 11	Trent Founder Continues To Contribute To Community
Mon 09	Ontario Universities Must Comply With FOI Legislation On June 10, 2006

December 2005 (5)

Thu 22	President Patterson Ponders Ombudsperson For Trent
Wed 14	Patterson Plugs Parties For More (Unaccountable) CFI Funding
Thu 08	COU Lobbied For Exclusion From Transparency Act says Queen's Principal
Tue 06	Trent FOI Compliance Should Be Easy And Cheap: President Says Not
Mon 05	Food Fight: Students Against Campus Food Monopoly

November 2005 (6)

Tue 29	DNA Cluster Endangers Nature Areas, Former Board Member Says
Fri 25	More Time Away For Trent President Patterson?
Thu 24	Bill Would Curb Secrecy - But Not In Ontario Universities!
Tue 22	Trent Ignores Profs' Development Concerns And Recommendations
Fri 11	Trent's Media Manipulations Uncovered
Tue 01	Trent Forced to Reverse "Road Grab" Plans

October 2005 (4)

Mon 31	Trent/City Memorandum Of Understanding Signed
Thu 20	Universities get exemption from proposed Transparency Act
Wed 05	Trent President Promotes Persistent Secrecy? Why?
Mon 03	Hospital Board Secrecy Criticized: Is There A Trent Connection?

September 2005 (8)

Tue 27	Autonomy Of Trent Student Groups Threatened?
Mon 26	Trent Strangely Silent About Anti-Viral Symposium: Why?
Mon 19	Trent Tosses Two Teachers: Employee Relations Poorly Managed?
Sun 11	Trent Challenge: Transparency and Accountability, Leadership
Thu 08	Tuition Hikes Wrong, Create Barriers To Education: Study
Fri 02	University Governance & The Need For Whistleblowers
Thu 01	Will Trent Lose Millions of Dollars in Government Grants?
Thu 01	B.C. Universities Could Not Avoid Freedom Of Information

July 2005 (1)

Tue 19

The Beacon - CUPE Local 3908 Newsletter

June 2005 (4)

Wed 29	Trent Security Officer Guilty of Theft Sentenced by Court
Thu 23	Whose university is it? An International Symposium
Wed 22	Review of York Land Deal by Retired Judge
Fri 10	Trent Board Chair Reid Morden takes more non-Trent responsibilities

May 2005 (13)

Tue 31	Trent security officer guilty of public mischief
Sun 29	Thom's visionary architecture at Trent praised
Wed 18	Gzowski College: an interloper destroying Thom's master plan
Sun 15	Ontario universities to be subject to Freedom of Information legislation
Sun 15	Trent security officer guilty of stealing from employer
Wed 11	Security guard trial closes Trent parking office for 2 days
Wed 11	Ontario government commits to make universities subject to FOI
Wed 11	Award honours whistle-blowers as Public Guardians
Tue 10	Trent connection to Air India Inquiry
Fri 06	Trent needs funding fix: we agree!
Thu 05	Appeal: Claim of "misfeasance in public office" should be allowed
Wed 04	Governance and York's land deal: Opinions Pro and Con
Tue 03	University presidents move further away from accountability

April 2005 (8)

Sat 16	Ontario University presidents: beyond accountability?
Wed 13	York land deal investigation: "appearance of a bias"
Fri 08	Private space is not welcome here, say students
Thu 07	Today's protesters, tomorrow's leaders: Trent 8 receive grants
Wed 06	Rae Review costs approach $2-million
Tue 05	Absence of public space at Gzowski - corporatization protest planned
Mon 04	The Higher Education Corruption Monitor
Mon 04	Trent degrees look shabby & Gzowski College ugly

March 2005 (11)

Sat 26	Living in Gzowski College may be hazardous to your health.
Wed 23	Brilliant Idea from OSA: Consolidate Pubs and Lose Money.
Tue 22	More Scandals Likely to Follow: FOI Legislation Needed
Mon 21	Trent President Bonnie Patterson's pay tops $245,000 in 2004
Mon 21	Controversy, budget over-runs & legal battles: Give Pres a raise!
Wed 16	Accountability before additional funding: First, open the books
Mon 07	Former mayor says trash GPAEDC (DNA cluster "partner")
Fri 04	Trent's new roadway lighting "historically stupid"
Thu 03	Trent students vow to fight for transparency
Tue 01	Reminder: Patterson's commitment to transparency and accountability
Tue 01	Minister working to have FOI legislation include universities.

February 2005 (23)

Mon 28	Trent is supposedly a public institution: another call for transparency
Mon 28	University lands once sold, can never be recovered
Mon 28	Transparency and accountability at Ont universities overdue: students
Mon 28	Open meeting on Trent Nature Areas Stewardship Plan
Sun 27	Will the DNA Cluster deal with City impact the Trent Nature Areas?
Sat 26	Cluster benefits for Peterborough not "crystal clear" admits Ferkany
Fri 25	Group asks why different version of CFI grant leaves out details
Thu 24	Show public cluster details - give us cold, hard, verifiable facts
Mon 21	President of Lakehead pans Trent DNA cluster project
Fri 18	Students Display Massive Concern at Trent Board Meeting
Thu 17	Tapscott says transparency needs to apply to universities
Thu 17	Coalition pleased Auditor-General wants CFI to become accountable
Thu 17	Shed more light on foundations like CFI: Globe & Mail
Wed 16	Not Much of a Partnership: Trent Board and Administration Secretive
Tue 15	CFI Among Those Blasted by Auditor-General for Being Unaccountable
Tue 15	City "partners" remain in dark: no DNA Cluster business plan
Sat 12	Is this deal a "DNA cluster pig in the poke"? Caveat emptor!
Fri 11	Groups ask government to review commitments to DNA cluster
Fri 11	DNA Cluster $$ used to Duplicate Lakehead�s Paleo-DNA Lab?
Thu 10	Rabies boondoggle threatens to create white elephant at Trent
Tue 08	Patterson Praises Rae - Ignores Freedom of Information Recommendation
Mon 07	Make 'em accountable: Rae Review final report released
Tue 01	Patterson not leaving Trent

January 2005 (14)

Mon 31	Questionable and Unsustainable Funding for DNA Cluster?
Mon 31	Trent fails to file 2004 CFI report yet grants exceed $3.6M
Sun 30	Trent Action Website revived!
Sat 29	Coming to Trent: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Wed 26	Attack on democracy in higher education: is Trent under attack?
Mon 17	Hiring procedures set aside to please corporate donors?
Wed 12	President Patterson takes on more non-Trent responsibilities
Tue 11	Speaking Don Tapscott: The Naked University �
Tue 11	Don Tapscott speaking: The Naked Corporation
Tue 11	TrentAction website archives hosted by OurTrent
Mon 10	Prinzo v. Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care - Trial
Mon 10	Prinzo v. Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care - Appeal
Tue 04	FOI Correspondence with Ministers and Politicians
Sat 01	Transparency in Scotland, but not in Ontario

December 2004 (16)

Thu 30	Kulchyski v. Trent University
Thu 30	Architecture that provokes, angers and disappoints: Gzowski College
Wed 29	Patterson on DNA Cluster: Answers or vacuous hype?
Wed 15	Trent Board Chair Reid Morden in conflict of interest?
Tue 14	When Power Corrupts: Is Trent another Adelphi in the making?
Mon 13	A tragedy at Trent?
Mon 13	Falling on their own trap
Sat 11	Former VP uncertain about Gzowski College outcomes
Thu 09	Many agree with Ms. Rochon's assessment of Gzowski College eyesore
Wed 08	When eyesore becomes tradition - VP defends design and colours
Wed 08	Effects of miscalculation: Boomerang high grads hurt Trent
Mon 06	Warning: Don't get swept away with promotion - not a cluster yet
Fri 03	Trent provides a couple of DNA Cluster documents
Wed 01	Students concerned over "questionable governance processes" seek delay
Wed 01	Destruction of Trent's architectural masterpiece
Wed 01	Trent alumni raise concerns over rushed DNA Cluster project

November 2004 (10)

Sat 27	Board ignores absence of business plan - approves DNA cluster in principle
Sat 27	Patterson on another Board criticized for secrecy!
Thu 25	Trent DNA Cluster Project "mismanaged": no business plan
Thu 25	Question from the floor of the Review's Peterborough Town Hall meeting
Thu 25	FOI Poll - subversion attempt from Trent University
Mon 22	OPSEU wants Universities accountable under FOI legislation
Mon 22	Whoops! Another miscalculation by Trent administration
Tue 16	Minister believes Freedom of Information should apply to universities
Mon 08	Disrespectful President, Cynical community, Invisible Faculty
Mon 08	Playing Peek-a-Boo with the DNA Cluster Project Proponents

October 2004 (11)

Thu 28	Let's get a better look inside DNA Cluster
Thu 28	President Patterson to spend even less time at Trent!
Mon 25	Question from the floor of the Review's Ottawa Town Hall meeting
Thu 21	A call for transparency
Thu 21	Bennett named Citizen of the Year
Fri 15	Trent University's first president given key to city
Fri 15	Occurrences of "Trent University" in CAUT Database
Wed 06	Hurry - Grab that money: 'Clock ticking' for DNA Cluster Project
Mon 04	Board cuts budget, approves DNA Cluster, concerned over FOI legislation
Sat 02	Trent facility officially opening, contractor dispute unresolved
Fri 01	Freedom-of-information law holds no sway over Ontario universities

September 2004 (6)

Mon 27	OurTrent Submission to Rae Review sent to Minister
Sun 26	OurTrent Submission to the Rae Review
Sun 12	Literate ex-premier may offer a new agenda for Ontario universities
Sat 11	About the Rae Review
Sat 11	Postsecondary Review - outcome already determined?
Fri 03	Freedom of Information fax petition

August 2004 (1)

Tue 03

Real FOI Needed at Ontario Universities: OCUFA Study

July 2004 (6)

Mon 19	Let Public In - Ontario universities must become accountable
Sat 17	Profs speak out against secrecy by board of governors
Fri 16	Trent BoG chair moves to New York - less time for Trent duties?
Mon 12	Too many closed doors at Trent
Fri 09	Legal battle shapes up at university - $9.2M in contractor's liens
Fri 02	Veil of secrecy surrounds another Trent Board decision

June 2004 (1)

Wed 16

Ontario Universities Not Accountable To Public

April 2004 (3)

Mon 12	Design flaw - buildings are an affront to architectural achievement
Thu 01	Integrity of Presidential Review compromised?
Thu 01	Grade Report for Bonnie Patterson - by TrentAction

March 2004 (7)

Tue 30	Mahy's Tasteless Joke - We are Not Amused
Fri 26	Trent President Bonnie Patterson's pay tops $240,350 in 2003
Tue 23	Bullies in Security, Senior management failed to intervene: report
Mon 22	New bill will unveil university finances
Sat 20	HR Managers Back Thief?
Wed 10	Science wing delayed, not up to par
Tue 02	Salary Disclosure for Trent University President 1997 - 2003

January 2004 (2)

Tue 20	Report Kept Secret: H.R. Allows Harassment to Persist?
Tue 20	Auditor may get to audit Ontario Universities

November 2003 (2)

Sun 30	Critic of Trent administration denied reappointment
Mon 03	My Student Loan

October 2003 (1)

Thu 23

Management tries to bribe away malfeasance investigation

July 2003 (2)

Tue 01	The Arthurs-Lorimer Report on Trent's Administration
Tue 01	Arthurs-Lorimer Report on Trent's Administration: Document Index

June 2003 (2)

Fri 20	Trent Founding Members' Letter
Tue 17	Recommendations to Trent's Board of Governors

April 2003 (2)

Wed 02	OPSEU funds liability insurance for film critical of Trent
Wed 02	Whose University Is It?

March 2003 (3)

Thu 13	Why OurTrent?
Thu 13	Contact Information & Disclaimer
Thu 13	Where's the old website?