New IT security course: Through a collaborative effort by CUCCIO (Canadian University Council of CIOs), the University of New Brunswick, Thompson Rivers University, and Memorial University are offering a new online IT security awareness course for students, faculty and staff. The course is delivered through the schools' learning management systems and several other schools are planning to launch the course. IT security awareness
New service catalog and website: The University of Guelph's central IT Department, Computer and Communications Services (CCS), has a new website that features an integrated service catalogue with over 40 services in 11 categories. The new website makes it easy for campus partners to order services and get IT assistance quickly. Take a tour of the new website: www.uoguelph.ca/ccs
Emergency notification system: The University of Regina has implemented an enhanced Emergency Notification System (ENS) designed to alert students, faculty, staff and other members of their community in an emergency. In the event of a life threatening emergency, students, staff and faculty will receive messaging delivered through a network of communication channels that provides basic information about the type of emergency and safety instructions. ENS in Regina
Support for Blackberry 10: The University of Windsor's Information Technology Services department now offers support for the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones. They have added this service to the existing support of their current community of Android and iOS clients. Blackberry 10 in Windsor
Pre-empting an outage: The UBC IT department has published a short video for students, staff, and faculty about what to do when their wireless service has an outage. What to do when the wireless goes out
