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I'm doing research on Rochdale College for a school project. Can someone validate the claim that Rochdale college is associated with Innis college? Innis college was established in 1964 (according to Wikipedia), and plans for what would later become Rochdale Collge was being undergone by Campus Co-op at around the same tim. I'm not aware of a connection with Innis college, or with University of Toronto at all, for that matter.-- Xuzicheng 21:30, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
It seems to me that the anonymous editor who has been making changes recently is white-washing this article to make Rochdale come across as not being such a bad place. Does anyone have any evidence to support the points that s/he is removing? Ground Zero 15:26, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
It is important to understand that Rochdale was not closed down because of the soft drugs. It was closed down because of the hard drugs and organized crime. Paradiso 17:05, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
The anonymous edits to "pretty up" Rochdale's image have made it necessary to out an NPOV tag on the article until this can be remedied. Ground Zero 01:14, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
December 11, 2005: Rochdale College was not "closed down because of the soft drugs" or "because of organized crime." It was closed because the Government of Ontario refused to renegotiate our mortgage. By the early 1970s, Rochdale College, Inc., had cleaned up the building and was making a profit of about $25,000 per month from rentals. When the government refused to renegotiate the co-operative's mortgage, we took our case to the Supreme Court of Ontario, and, although the judge remarked that our case was not entirely without merit, we lost the case. This is why the members of Rochdale College, Inc., were evicted. -- Gina L. Serman Reid ("Nickie Ashley"), former Registrar of Rochdale College; former Executive Member of the Governing Council of Rochdale College.
March 7, 2006: Further thoughts on prettying up Rochdale's image. As PR officer of Rochdale College in the 1970s (among the many Rochdale hats I wore, 1971-1975), I can attest that folks who use pre-1975 Canadian newspaper files to research Rochdale will find mostly bad publicity, most of it exaggerated, and plenty of it manufactured. If you believe everything you read in the papers, well, you won't need to speak with actual Rochdalians to discover our many different experiences and perspectives. -- Gina L. Serman Reid ("Nickie Ashley").
I cleaned up the article a little, adding in requests where citations are needed. I also removed the section on the town after which it is named because that information can be found in the town's article.
Stearnsbrian
22:04, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Just a note that there have been a couple postings about Rochdale College. They're quite interesting, and you can listen to them online. You might want to put it in the external links if it intrigues you: http://murmurtoronto.ca/place.php?284618
French left wing art activist, I was invited In Toronto ' Rochdale University in the early 70 'S . I remember it had a ' Yossarian Non Profit reccord store . A hole in the wall , where one hippie student without stock, was taking orders . The amount of sales was so important that record cie wouldnt refuse to sell them .. Anybody could come there and order , then come back few days later and pay half of the usual retail price ... It had thrift shop and most of the revolutionary of the planet had at least an office in the building . Black and Pink Panthers, New Liberation Service and News Real ( Underground info coop agencies) and many of the National Liberation front all over the world .It had links with The University, hence we had funding to shoot a docu about Natives , North Quebec . Of course it had drugs, but only weed and acid .. I remember the private Rchdale Police, dressed as cow boys , all black outfits, with some dogs.,
A very low amount. A large part of the article seems to be copied verbatim from a negative source (which I don't have access to) which inexplicably takes up nearly half the references (9 out of 23). -- Jacob's Crackers ( talk) 13:35, 12 May 2020 (UTC)
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I'm doing research on Rochdale College for a school project. Can someone validate the claim that Rochdale college is associated with Innis college? Innis college was established in 1964 (according to Wikipedia), and plans for what would later become Rochdale Collge was being undergone by Campus Co-op at around the same tim. I'm not aware of a connection with Innis college, or with University of Toronto at all, for that matter.-- Xuzicheng 21:30, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
It seems to me that the anonymous editor who has been making changes recently is white-washing this article to make Rochdale come across as not being such a bad place. Does anyone have any evidence to support the points that s/he is removing? Ground Zero 15:26, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
It is important to understand that Rochdale was not closed down because of the soft drugs. It was closed down because of the hard drugs and organized crime. Paradiso 17:05, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
The anonymous edits to "pretty up" Rochdale's image have made it necessary to out an NPOV tag on the article until this can be remedied. Ground Zero 01:14, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
December 11, 2005: Rochdale College was not "closed down because of the soft drugs" or "because of organized crime." It was closed because the Government of Ontario refused to renegotiate our mortgage. By the early 1970s, Rochdale College, Inc., had cleaned up the building and was making a profit of about $25,000 per month from rentals. When the government refused to renegotiate the co-operative's mortgage, we took our case to the Supreme Court of Ontario, and, although the judge remarked that our case was not entirely without merit, we lost the case. This is why the members of Rochdale College, Inc., were evicted. -- Gina L. Serman Reid ("Nickie Ashley"), former Registrar of Rochdale College; former Executive Member of the Governing Council of Rochdale College.
March 7, 2006: Further thoughts on prettying up Rochdale's image. As PR officer of Rochdale College in the 1970s (among the many Rochdale hats I wore, 1971-1975), I can attest that folks who use pre-1975 Canadian newspaper files to research Rochdale will find mostly bad publicity, most of it exaggerated, and plenty of it manufactured. If you believe everything you read in the papers, well, you won't need to speak with actual Rochdalians to discover our many different experiences and perspectives. -- Gina L. Serman Reid ("Nickie Ashley").
I cleaned up the article a little, adding in requests where citations are needed. I also removed the section on the town after which it is named because that information can be found in the town's article.
Stearnsbrian
22:04, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Just a note that there have been a couple postings about Rochdale College. They're quite interesting, and you can listen to them online. You might want to put it in the external links if it intrigues you: http://murmurtoronto.ca/place.php?284618
French left wing art activist, I was invited In Toronto ' Rochdale University in the early 70 'S . I remember it had a ' Yossarian Non Profit reccord store . A hole in the wall , where one hippie student without stock, was taking orders . The amount of sales was so important that record cie wouldnt refuse to sell them .. Anybody could come there and order , then come back few days later and pay half of the usual retail price ... It had thrift shop and most of the revolutionary of the planet had at least an office in the building . Black and Pink Panthers, New Liberation Service and News Real ( Underground info coop agencies) and many of the National Liberation front all over the world .It had links with The University, hence we had funding to shoot a docu about Natives , North Quebec . Of course it had drugs, but only weed and acid .. I remember the private Rchdale Police, dressed as cow boys , all black outfits, with some dogs.,
A very low amount. A large part of the article seems to be copied verbatim from a negative source (which I don't have access to) which inexplicably takes up nearly half the references (9 out of 23). -- Jacob's Crackers ( talk) 13:35, 12 May 2020 (UTC)