Anqi Shen

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    Headlines for Dec. 4, 2018

    Maclean's How first-aid kits for mental health symptoms are helping Canadian university students When one student sought a better solution to her anxiety attacks, she ended up with a whole new business. Global McMaster funding sees early intervention as key to...

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    Anqi Shen

    December 04, 2018

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    Headlines for Dec. 3, 2018

    Toronto Star Montreal researchers develop promising HIV self-testing app A group of Montreal researchers has developed a smartphone and tablet app that they say could help people to detect HIV through self-testing — if such tests are approved in...

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    Anqi Shen

    December 03, 2018

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    Headlines for Nov. 30, 2018

    London Free Press Concordia's Alan Shepard next Western University president Dr. Shepard is currently president of Montreal’s Concordia University. He officially becomes the 11th president and vice-chancellor of Western on July 1. Windsor Star University decisively rules out Paul Martin Building...

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    Anqi Shen

    November 30, 2018

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    Headlines for Nov. 29, 2018

    CBC U of A turfs outdated admission policy for Indigenous med students A 30-year-old quota system that caps the number of Indigenous students admitted into the University of Alberta's medical program is getting the boot. CBC FBI charges men in 2016...

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    Anqi Shen

    November 29, 2018

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    Headlines for Nov. 28, 2018

    London Free Press Western expected to announce new president Thursday The person will replace Amit Chakma, who has been in the position since 2009, and become the school’s 11th president. Globe and Mail One in four Ontario postsecondary students lacks basic...

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    Anqi Shen

    November 28, 2018

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    Panel discusses models for supporting graduate students and postdocs

    In anticipation of support for trainees in the upcoming federal budget, researchers and administrators shared their perspectives at CSPC.

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    Anqi Shen

    November 27, 2018

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    Headlines for Nov. 27, 2018

    CBC 'A huge class': McGill graduates 40 students from Indigenous language and literacy program The certificate is one of several programs offered in Cree, Inuktitut, Mi'kmaq, Naskapi and Mohawk through the office of First Nations and Inuit education at...

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    Anqi Shen

    November 27, 2018

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    Headlines for Nov. 26, 2018

    CBC Changes to independent UBC research institute reversed after director resigns Scholars at the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies will no longer be asked to align their work with existing research at UBC, its board announced Friday. Globe and...

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    Anqi Shen

    November 26, 2018

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    Headlines for Nov. 23, 2018

    Globe and Mail Head of UBC research institute resigns over academic freedom concern The director of a celebrated research centre at the University of British Columbia has resigned over what he sees as the university’s meddling in its academic...

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    Anqi Shen

    November 23, 2018

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    Headlines for Nov. 22, 2018

    CBC Former law school dean sues Thunder Bay's Lakehead University for 'racial discrimination' The first Indigenous Dean of Law in Canada is suing Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ont., for "constructive dismissal and racial discrimination." Global University of Alberta students get...

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    Anqi Shen

    November 22, 2018

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    Headlines for Nov. 21, 2018

    Globe and Mail Ford government rejects Ryerson’s plan for new law school It's the latest blow to Ontario universities following the cancellation of three proposed satellite campuses and a francophone university. National Post Opinion: Reckless spending by the Ontario Liberals quashed...

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    Anqi Shen

    November 21, 2018

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