{"id":18488,"date":"2010-04-08T23:01:39","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T04:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=18488"},"modified":"2010-04-08T23:13:08","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T04:13:08","slug":"project-hero-and-university-of-regina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=18488","title":{"rendered":"Project Hero and University of Regina"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was some more thing about this story that I found to be interesting to say the least. One was this story from a guy saying that because he was a solider in the Canadian military<\/a> that he can say that Project Hero<\/a> is a waste of money. <\/p>\n

Garson Hunter teaches social work at the University of Regina and is one of the professors fighting the Project Hero scholarship fund.<\/p>\n

Hunter says that the dependents of fallen soldiers have post-secondary education already paid for under the Children of Deceased Veterans Education Assistance Act.<\/p>\n

The Act was created in 1953 to provide dependents of slain and disabled soldiers the opportunity to get a post-secondary education.<\/p>\n

“(Project Hero) comes with no (government) money. Project Hero is provided solely by the U of R,” said Hunter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So if you want to say that the reason is that the school needs to help other students, then explain this statement from the University.<\/p>\n

Barb Pollock, spokeswoman for the U of R, said the university doesn’t always know what funding may be available to certain students.<\/p>\n

“We don’t look at what else is available,” she said. “For example, there are many scholarships and awards that students with Aboriginal ancestry can access.”<\/p>\n

Pollock said the Project Hero scholarship will not stifle other scholarship opportunities.<\/p>\n

“Every year, there are numerous scholarships available that never get used<\/strong>,” she said. “Through these scholarships we try to open up our university to as many people as possible.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You mean that there is a large list <\/a>of scholarships that are going unused? Never.<\/p>\n

But giving Children who have lost a parent to war is a political tool.<\/p>\n

“It is absolutely deplorable to use soldiers’ deaths to aggrandize military endeavors in Afghanistan,” said Hunter. “As a former soldier, I find this disgraceful.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wonder if Canada has a equivalent Freedom of Information act, because right now would be a good reason to use it. <\/p>\n

Oh there is a facebook fan page <\/a>that is protesting the actions of these professors. As of this posting it has close to three thousand members. I am sure that we can help put them over the top. <\/p>\n

Also I would encourage writing to the school and making a case for keeping this program. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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