For the last few weeks in October, Ryerson University campus in Toronto was littered with two competing signs: one, black and white, telling students to vote against a tuition increase, and the other, bright yellow, telling students to vote for bringing refugee students to campus for a better life. Like so many campus posters, they were largely ignored, but now that the results are out, the Ryerson community is fired up on both campaigns.

From Nov. 1 to 4, a referendum was held on the campus to determine whether students would approve of a $4 increase to tuition, starting in September 2011.

Ever since I have been at Ryerson, I've been wanted to establish an activist school and now we have finally succeeded. On June 28, if we can get enough people registered, the Gindin Chair and the Chang School for Continuing Education will co-sponsor an activist school called Community Engagement Course.

The eight-week program in July will cover two main areas, Invisible History of Social Movements and Transformational Strategies. A full program is below. I talked with Annahid Dashtgard from Anima Leadership about why we need this course