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Opinion: A Criminal Oversight in College Background Checks

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(July 13) -- Posting a scandalous photo on Facebook could get you rejected from the college of your choice. But there's a good chance a rape conviction won't. Only 4 percent of colleges conduct criminal background checks on students, and 36 percent of schools don't even require self-disclosure of crimes, according to a...

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09/23/11 Pardon-seekers should hurry up before crime bill... Source: Canada.com - Canada VANCOUVER Ã¢ A company that assists Canadians seeking pardons for criminal offences is urging those who want to clear their record to act quickly before changes proposed by the Conservative government in a comprehensive crime bill become law.
08/02/11 B.C. to screen caregivers of children Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada The B.C. government is reversing course on a policy that allows caregivers of vulnerable children to avoid background security checks.
05/06/11 Changing your name? We'll need your fingerprints Source: Winnipeg Free Press - Manitoba - Canada PEOPLE who want to change their names will have to get fingerprinted by police under a new bill Family Services and Consumer Affairs Minister Gord Mackintosh calls the "You Can Run But You Can't Hide law."
03/26/11 Privacy czar to probe use of police database Source: The Vancouver Sun - Vancouver - BC - Canada Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham announced Friday that her office will examine the issue of employers using the PRIME-BC police database to perform background checks on job applicants.
03/04/11 Tougher RCMP rules on criminal record checks delay... Source: The Vancouver Sun - Vancouver - BC - Canada A teacher who recently landed a job with the Coquitlam school district has been told he won't be able to start work for several months because his application for a criminal-record check has yet to be processed by the RCMP.