Tara Siebarth

Tara was the Deputy Editor for University Affairs.

  • Headlines for February 19, 2025

    CBC NewsSask. universities see significant drop in international student enrolmentsNewly admitted international students decline by more than 50 per cent at U of R.

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    Tara Siebarth

    February 19, 2025

  • Headlines for February 18, 2025

    CBC NewsScientists at U.S. weather forecasting agency ordered to get clearance before talking to Canadian counterpartsFormer official says NOAA workforce could be halved, sending ripple effects around the world. Globe and MailOpinion: Acadians won’t give up on renaming...

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    Tara Siebarth

    February 18, 2025

  • Headlines for February 14, 2025

    CTV NewsEvacuation order at MacEwan University ended after suspicious package deemed benignA suspicious package at MacEwan University has been deemed innocuous by emergency officials. Global NewsUVic student’s death from fentanyl poisoning to be examined in coroner’s inquestA BC...

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    Tara Siebarth

    February 14, 2025

  • Headlines for February 13, 2025

    National PostOpinion: The DEI nightmare must be dismantledThe full extent of it in Canadian universities is now emerging. CBC NewsWhy major countries can't agree on how to regulate artificial intelligenceU.S., U.K. refused to sign international document pledging...

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    Tara Siebarth

    February 13, 2025

  • Headlines for February 12, 2025

    Globe and MailOpinion: Yes, Canada has brain-drain. But Canadians abroad often find it hard to come homeWe need a reverse brain-drain, in which Canadians who have spent time abroad to learn, work and form relationships return to...

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    Tara Siebarth

    February 12, 2025

  • Headlines for February 11, 2025

    The TyeeNo, USAID Isn’t Giving Billions to Canadian UniversitiesThe American agency is not funding the ‘woke indoctrination’ of youth in Canada, no matter what you read on X. Ottawa CitizenOpinion: Federal women scientists badly hampered in the fieldFrom...

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    Tara Siebarth

    February 11, 2025

  • Headlines for February 10, 2025

    Brandon SunOpinion: Diversity helps us stand against hateEveryone has equal worth as a human being, and each of us here at BU deserves to be here with the fullness of our individual human dignity. CTV NewsAsima Vezina, president...

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    Tara Siebarth

    February 10, 2025

  • Headlines for February 7, 2025

    CBC NewsSaint Mary's names new president as university grapples with enrolment, financial woesSMU ran an operating deficit of $9.8 million in 2023, according to financial statements. CTV NewsWestern’s faculty association urging university to use ‘rainy day’ funds to...

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    Tara Siebarth

    February 07, 2025

  • Headlines for February 6, 2025

    Toronto StarOpinion: American turmoil has created an opportunity for Canadian universities - if we act fast enoughThe world is watching Canada as U.S. politics push us into the global spotlight. This is our moment to step up...

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    Tara Siebarth

    February 06, 2025

  • Headlines for February 5, 2025

    Ottawa CitizenThe challenges for neurodiverse students in postsecondary educationNeurodivergent students are significantly underrepresented in post-secondary education (PSE), with less than half disclosing their identity or diagnosis to their institution, according to a research series from The Conference...

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    Tara Siebarth

    February 05, 2025

  • Headlines for February 4, 2025

    CTV NewsCanada lacks the tools to counter ‘existential threat’ of disinformation: commissionerCanadians must guard against the “existential threat” of disinformation which can be weaponized through artificial intelligence and spread through social media to undermine democracy, said Justice...

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    Tara Siebarth

    February 04, 2025

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