Hype for the Future 62CSO: Northfield, Minnesota
Introduction Northfield, Minnesota, is a smaller city located primarily in Rice County, Minnesota, with a small, extremely northern portion of the city extending north into Dakota County, home of the community of Hastings. The community is located nearly due south of the Saint Paul section of the Twin Cities region and is located slightly northeast of Faribault, the county seat of Rice County. Colleges and Universities The City of Northfield, Minnesota, is home to two (2) distinct […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/hype-for-the-future-62cso-northfield-minnesota/
“85% of consultation responses oppose a policy, and it passes anyway, it raises serious questions about whose voices actually matter in university governance.”
#CarletonUniversity passes policy students and staff call a "gag order" after overwhelming opposition and time constraints put on by the administration.
Read about it here: https://leveller.ca/2025/12/documenting-carletons-institutional-impartiality-policy/
By Maxwell Heroux & Maheeshan Sivanesan H ow can a singular policy that initially upset functionally every student group and faculty member, still manage to pass? That is the question that prompted this article. From Leaked Drafts to Final Policy The first public inklings of the Institutional Impartiality Policy came on Oct. 13, when Carleton4Palestine …
Last week, #CarletonUniversity students staged a sit in at the library in support of students in Gaza. More than 130 Palestinian students have been waiting months to be granted permits.
We spoke to sit-in organizers and attendees: https://leveller.ca/2025/11/students-at-carleton-university-organize-sit-in-for-students-in-gaza/
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Written by Maxwell Heroux and Maheeshan Sivanesan O n November 18, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Carleton University held a sit-in at the tunnel level of the MacOdrum Library to raise awareness for the students in Gaza who have not yet received their Canadian study permits. SJP promoted the Sit-In For Gaza’s Students …
📢 Speaker Spotlight: Brent Toderash
With 25+ years in IT, Brent is a staunch advocate for WordPress, FLOSS, and decentralized package management.
At #WCCanada2025, he’ll present:
✨ Software Supply Chain Security & Risk Management: Why the Future Will Be Federated #WordCampCanada #WCCanada2025 #WordPress #WCEH2025 #CarletonUniversity
Join us for insight into secure, federated infrastructure in WordPress
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📢 Speaker Spotlight: Austin Atkinson
Austin is a front-end developer at The Code Co in Australia, with deep expertise in Enterprise WordPress publishing.
At #WCCanada2025, he’ll present:
✨ Interactivity API for Common DOM Interactions
Get ready for a hands-on dive into modern front-end tools!
🔗 canada.wordcamp.org/2025/speaker/austin-atkinson/
#WordCampCanada #WCCanada2025 #WordPress #WCEH2025 #CarletonUniversity
An amazing image shown to us in a talk by Elliott Skierszkan of #CarletonUniversity . He is exploring the mobilization of metals into water from thawing permafrost. The XRF image shows uranium (pink, top right image) concentrated along the wall of a plant stem, found in a fresh core of permafrost mud. This uranium (sourced from bedrock) is then soluble in the pore water when the permafrost melts.