R E S I D E N T I A L S U M M E R 2009 SUMMER COURSE

C O U R S E 2 0 0 9 R E S I D E N T I N S TR U C TO R S

Applying
You can apply online at
www.newuniversity.ca.
Registration deadline is July
5th 2009. A $100 dollar NEW UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE
deposit is required, and RE C L A I M I N G H I G H E R E D U C A TI O N F O R A L L
there are only 15 spaces available, so register soon.

Who should apply?

The Residential Summer
Wilma Van Der Veen is a Ted Rutland is a PHD
Course Program is a
academic activist and a candidate at the University of
rigorous academic professor at Okanagan British Columbia. He has
program, designed to be College. Wilma serves on lectured at several
the Board of Directors of Canadian universities, and
compatible with university the New University writes frequently on issues
level education, and applicants should be prepared Cooperative. of economic and
environmental justice.
for intensive academic inquiry. The program is
nondiscrimanitory, and there are no required
qualifications related to age, race, culture,
previous educational
experience, etc, that are
needed in order
to apply.

Tuition/costs?
Costs are based on a sliding scale from $400 to
$600. The program include fair trade, local and C O N T A C T
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of accessibility, applicants
with demonstrable need
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will be eligible for full
info@newuniversity.ca
scholarships.
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The New University Cooperative is a
The 2 0 0 9 R E S I D E N T I A L S U M M E R S H O R T C O U R S E P R O G R A M is the New University non-profit, grassroots, federally incorporated
Cooperative's first major course offering. The theme of program is Sustainability and Social Justice; Solidarity Cooperative, dedicated to building a
Capacity for Social Transformation. The course combines a range of learning experiences to help students New University in Canada. Founded in 2005,
develop the skills and understanding necessary to be involved in movements for social transformation. the New University Cooperative embraces a
transformative style of education, grounded in
an ethos of sustainability, social justice,
C O R E C O U R S E content seeks to provide students with a inclusive and accessible to all.
foundation in various subthemes, including nonviolence,
movements for economic and environmental justice, ecological The Cooperative is born of the impetus of
lifestyle and community development, sustainability and social concomitant and dire ecological and social
justice. Open space learning processes will be undertaken at the crises such as climate change,
beginning of the program to allow students to develop a project biodiversity loss, war and
to complete over their period of study, and to give direction to growing social inequalities,
with the mission of analysing
their own learning.
and developing new
paradigms towards a
Directed by two resident educators, and enlivened by frequent sustainable and just future.
guest lectures, field trips, community service learning, and
workshops, the course also provides opportunities for hands-on
D O N AT E
learning in such areas as gardening/farming, carpentry, renewable energy, pottery, green building, art and
music.
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T H E F A R M H O U S E : During the month of study, students will live cooperatively in a large, traditional a cheque to:
Nova Scotia house, and share the tasks of cooking, cleaning and self governance. The residential component
of the program is an important part of the course philosophy, designed to engage students in inquiries into 11 Alex Cox Rd. Tatamagouche,
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Please visit www.newuniversity.ca, and consider registering for this rigorous residential short course Please make cheques payable to the New
offering. University Cooperative.

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Membership in the New University Cooperative

is 25/year, and includes quarterly newsletters
and an opportunity to participate in the
decision making process of the New University.
To become a member of the New University
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