Higher ed monitor and futurist Ken Steele reviews the ten biggest headaches confronting Canadian college and university public affairs practitioners in 2014. In part 1, he looks at acute headaches caused by campus crises and crime, data hacking, protests and fraud. DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS BELOW (Click "show more"):
10) Violence and Crisis:
Intro - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=34s
Bomb threats at SIAST and Red River College - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=1m5s
Shooting at York University - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=1m10s
Stabbings in Calgary - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=1m19s
9) Data breaches and hacks:
Intro - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=1m51s
uWaterloo applicant data exposed - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=2m10s
Western student hacks CRA - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=2m24s
UBC student banking data exposed - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=2m38s
UNB student union website hacked by ISIS - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=2m48s
8) Divestment from Fossil Fuels:
Intro - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=3m10s
Canadian Youth Climate Coalition - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=3m25s
Divest McGill - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=3m33s
University of Toronto petition - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=3m41s
University of Victoria faculty divestment - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=3m52s
UBC faculty referendum - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=4m1s
Divest Dal at Dalhousie - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=4m8s
Concordia University sustainable investment fund - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=4m55s
7) Censorship and Academic Freedom:
Intro - The Streisand Effect - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=5m30s
Capilano University - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=5m57s
6) Financial Fraud:
Intro - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=7m40s
York University billing frauds - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=7m52s
UBC Dentistry fraud - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=8m41s
Next Time on "Ten with Ken" - http://youtu.be/TJaZsXv68s4?t=9m35s
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