Campus Currents

The PIE News Canadian food banks excludes first-year international students A Vancouver-based food bank has decided to stop providing free food to new international students, the policy is in place after the federal government raised the cost-of-living financial requirement...

Global News University of Alberta ending swim program after this season amid 'financial challenges'  Due to ongoing financial challenges the U of A swim program will not return for the 2024-25 season for the first time since 1948. The Peterborough...

CTV News Faculty anxiety grows as University of Windsor faces budget deficit The University of Windsor vice president of finance, Gillian Heisz, projects a worsening budget deficit by fall 2025 to upwards of $30 million, causing faculty to become...

CTV News Record enrolment at the U of R, nearly 17,000 students begin fall semester In total, 16,860 students are registered for classes this fall at the U of R and its federated colleges – marking an increase of...

Winnipeg Free Press Saint Boniface University academics to vote on new contract Manitoba’s only francophone faculty association is urging its professors to ratify a new contract that would have their wages increase by about 12 per cent over four...

Global News Canadian universities don’t want a cap on international students. Here’s why Canada currently has 800,000 student permit holders and several federal ministers have hinted that the number be capped in the future to ease housing demand. Globe and...

Ottawa Citizen China is using Canadian think tank to fund and bolster its green image, critics say Funded by the federal government, a Canadian think tank has for four years been acting as the international secretariat for a Chinese...

CTV News Quebec universities oppose suggestion by federal minister to cap student visas Quebec university administrators, professors and students are rejecting an idea by the federal housing minister that Canada could cap the number of international study permits it...

Global News Canadian students and advocates conflicted on international student cap The federal government's consideration of a cap on international students to ease the housing crunch is being met with some concern. CBC News Non-profit troubled by Halifax university request...

CBC Culture shock, and how Mi'kmaw students cope with leaving the reserve for university Saint Mary's University student Sósep Patfield says he felt isolated when he arrived in Halifax. CBC News New UNB research institute focuses on fast-growing artificial intelligence UNB will...

CBC News International students say they want to study in Canada, but staying is a problem if they can't find housing Ottawa says it's talking to provinces, territories and other key partners to address student housing shortage. Globe and Mail Federal...

Global News International students are struggling. Can Ottawa’s review of the program help? Amid a continued housing crunch and sky-high costs of living, the federal government’s immigration targets and plans for international students are facing renewed scrutiny. Prince George Citizen Chinese...

The Province B.C. kicks in $48M for Capilano University to take over Quest's Squamish campus While finances of the defunct Quest remain under a cloud, Capilano U is moving ahead to expand its classes into the Sea to Sky...