More updates on trying to get my Masters

What a complex web I'm finding as I'm trying to figure out how to get my degree accepted by the U of M. Their bottom line, as I understand it, is that the colleges are not members of the AUCC. 2 problems with this. 1) The AUCC is a lobby group, not an accreditating organization. The inappropriateness of using a lobby group as criteria for degree acceptance should be readily apparent. While there are some quality criteria for membership, there are other criteria that aren't related to academic quality (e.g. size) as well as the manner in which institutions enter the AUCC, which is related to 2) The AUCC has told one college that they cannot become members unless the U of M recognizes them. So it's a circular argument. The U of M won't recognize an institution unless the AUCC does, that the AUCC won't recognize an organization unless the U of M does.

Why the U of M won't recognize it has to do with the Province. Here is what one person told me:

The province authorizes the granting of degrees. That happened for Providence
in 1973, and Booth I believe more recently. The province is also responsible
to approve the granting of teaching certificates. This becomes a sticky
point. So far the province follows the teacher's union in saying it will not
recognize the UM B.Ed. if the entering B.A. was from Booth or Providence
(CMU apparently has a separate "deal"). The university does not want to
graduate B.Ed. students that the province will not certify. Nor does UM want
to start selecting departments in which a Booth or Providence degree is
recognized, and which it is not... It seems to be an all or nothing
situation.

So who knew my lack of acceptance could be related to the religious discrimination policies of the teacher's union? All of this is starting to seem like it's ripe for a human rights complaint, especially in light of the supreme court decision in BC where it was decided that the BC Teacher's Union could not discriminate against Trinity Western University on a simlar case.

There was also a remark that Booth and Providence are not Universities, which is simply symantics. The Act that regulates the term "University" simply says that only the Province can decide who gets to use the term, but applies no particular criteria to the use of that term. Also, as an article on a Government of Canada website points out that in today's era of post-secondary education "We conclude that the terms [university, college, public, private] are not so
useful and that we need to start describing the postsecondary universe somewhat differently."