UBC Insiders On Air, Episode 25: Tax Ingenuity and University Inidgineity
Posted By Maayan Kreitzman On March 18, 2016 @ 2:14 pm In News | Comments Disabled
[1]Alex Usher and Linc Kesler, ruining our run of all-female shows.
This week we are joined for topical chats with Alex Usher, of Higher Education Strategy Associates (and post-secondary education lifer). Our main interview this week is with Linc Kesler, the Director of the First Nations House of Learning at UBC, to talk about UBC’s aboriginal agenda.
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Links from this episode:
- Neal reports on how Greg Peet, the chair of the UBC Board of Governors finance committee avoided more than $1 million in taxes. [3] Greg Peet steps down [4].
- Despite recent membership changes [5] in the presidential search committee, they have come up with a longlist of candidates [6]
- Premier Christy Clark is embracing a private member’s bill [7] from Green MLA Andrew Weaver mandating policies on sexual assault at Post Secondary institutions.
- UBC has recruited a new high profile Canada Excellence Research Chair [8] in a non-science field! Bring on the excellence!
- Alex Usher’s daily blog [9]
- UBC’s aboriginal strategic plan [10] and its latest implementation report [11]
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[3] avoided more than $1 million in taxes. : http://ubcinsiders.ca/2016/03/chair-of-ubc-bog-finance-committee-found-to-have-avoided-over-1m-in-bc-taxes/
[4] steps down: http://ubyssey.ca/news/chair-of-bog-finance-committee-steps-down-as-revelations-of-dogding-taxes-arise/
[5] membership changes: http://ubyssey.ca/news/jennifer-berdahl-resigns-from-presidential-search-committee/
[6] longlist of candidates: http://broadcastemail.ubc.ca/2016/03/16/presidential-search-candidate-longlist-finalized/
[7] embracing a private member’s bill: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/b-c-to-require-campus-sex-assault-policies-1.2820568
[8] Canada Excellence Research Chair: http://news.ubc.ca/2016/03/15/esteemed-economist-joins-ubc-as-new-canada-excellence-research-chair/
[9] daily blog: http://higheredstrategy.com/blog/
[10] aboriginal strategic plan: http://aboriginal.ubc.ca/strategic-plan/
[11] implementation report: http://aboriginal-2.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2014/12/2014Report.pdf
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