Tara Siebarth

Tara was the Deputy Editor for University Affairs.

  • Headlines for December 23, 2024

    The National PostOpinion: Ontario needs to become a global leader in artificial intelligenceOur future-proof plan involves prioritizing energy and building capacity for more high-performance data centres. CBC NewsCBU reverses stance, says it will proceed with online bachelor of...

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    Tara Siebarth

    December 23, 2024

  • Headlines for December 20, 2024

    The Pie NewsIRCC addresses concerns over document resubmissionAmid concerns over reports that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada is asking international students to resubmit important documents, the department has reiterated that the process is “not new". CTV NewsReport says...

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    Tara Siebarth

    December 20, 2024

  • Headlines for December 19, 2024

    CastanetTRU becomes first university in B.C. with guaranteed tuition rates for international studentsThompson Rivers University is the first post-secondary institution in the province to approve a guaranteed-tuition model for its international students. CBC NewsThe U of A is...

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    Tara Siebarth

    December 19, 2024

  • Headlines for December 18, 2024

    National PostCanada's housing crisis chosen as 'story of the year' by Canadian PressJasper wildfires and tensions between Canada and India round out the Top 3. National PostOpinion: DEI is in retreatThat doesn’t mean the battle is over. CTV NewsUniversity...

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    Tara Siebarth

    December 18, 2024

  • Headlines for December 17, 2024

    The Globe and MailEight highlights from the Liberal government’s fall economic updateThe Liberal government’s fall economic update shows Ottawa blew past its self-imposed deficit cap. Financial PostFall economic update long on drama, but short on proposals to push...

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    Tara Siebarth

    December 17, 2024

  • Headlines for December 16, 2024

    Global NewsFederal government to fund University of Manitoba reconciliation initiativeThe federal government says it’s funding the Canadian Reconciliation Barometer Project at the University of Manitoba to the tune of more than $206,000. CTV News'Lifeblood of this campus': University...

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    Tara Siebarth

    December 16, 2024

  • Headlines for December 13, 2024

    CTV NewsFirst group of internationally trained family doctors already making a difference in northern OntarioWith doctor shortages across the country, Ontario is tapping into the availability of internationally trained family physicians to solve part of the health...

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    Tara Siebarth

    December 13, 2024

  • Headlines for December 12, 2024

    Research MoneyGovernment must stop IP supported by public funding from flowing to other countries and not benefitting CanadaPublicly funded research in Canada is generating more intellectual property and economic benefits for other countries than it is here,...

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    Tara Siebarth

    December 12, 2024

  • Headlines for December 11, 2024

    CBC NewsMPs call for crackdown on student protest encampments, ban on display of terror symbolsMany recommendations in the antisemitism and Islamophobia reports were rejected by Conservative, Bloc MPs. The Globe and MailOntario colleges cut spending by $752-million this...

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    Tara Siebarth

    December 11, 2024

  • Headlines for December 10, 2024

    Toronto StarOpinion: Canada’s international student crisis was predicted — and ignoredThese are days of doom and gloom at Ontario’s universities and colleges. CastanetTRU to begin reviewing candidates for president in new yearA committee tasked with identifying and hiring...

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    Tara Siebarth

    December 10, 2024

  • Headlines for December 9, 2024

    CBC NewsInternational student permit cuts are pushing away prospective students, experts sayCollege applications have gone down 54 per cent, says association president. Ottawa Citizen'Godfather of AI' and Nobel recipient Geoffrey Hinton wishes he'd 'thought about safety earlier''We're going...

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    Tara Siebarth

    December 09, 2024

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