Campus Currents

Globe and Mail Universities say budget’s science funding will help retain researchers The federal government announced a major financial commitment to graduate students and scientific infrastructure in this week’s budget that university leaders say will help stem a brain...

CBC News N.S. post-secondary students graduate with among the highest debt: Statistics Canada In 2020, bachelor's degree students graduated with an average debt load of $39,100 CBC News MUN faculty pushing back against vote to hire private headhunting firm in search...

Times Colonist Canadian university teachers fear Alberta gatekeeping bill threatens academic freedom A national organization of post-secondary teachers is calling on Alberta to either change a proposed gatekeeping bill or scrap it altogether. CBC News Profs call Ford government bill 'political...

CTV News More universities reviewing honorary degrees given to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond Six out of 10 universities confirm they're reviewing honorary degrees given to retired judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, after being asked by a group of Indigenous women to...

Globe and Mail UBC leaders pledge to examine school’s approach to Indigenous citizenship in hiring After months of relative silence, leaders at the University of British Columbia have issued a lengthy public statement about the controversy surrounding Mary Ellen...

CTV News Former deputy premier Christine Elliott joins Western University Christine Elliott is joining the school as a distinguished leader in residence at Western Law. CBC News Region could lose millions in revenue if Laurier students opt out of Grand River...

CTV News Acadia University goes on lockdown after man flashes BB gun inside school residence: N.S. RCMP An 18-year-old Upper Sackville, N.S., man was arrested after allegedly flashing a BB gun at a student at Acadia University in Wolfville,...

CBC News Dalhousie medical school taking steps to address complaints of mistreatment Dalhousie University's faculty of medicine is setting up a new office that will investigate complaints of mistreatment from students and residents. CBC News Cheating on the rise in universities...

CTV News First Nations, Manitoba and feds team up on rental project for First Nations students An apartment complex slated to open next year in Winnipeg is to provide First Nations students who have moved off-reserve an affordable place...

CBC News Grad students push for more funding after nearly 20 years without a raise Student researchers say Canada risks losing future scientists and academics to other countries if it doesn’t increase annual grants for graduate-level research, which haven’t...

CBC News Indigenous prof says UBC's silence on Turpel-Lafond controversy casts 'shadow' on institution Daniel Justice, a professor of English and critical Indigenous studies at UBC, says he's disappointed with the university's failure to communicate during the Turpel-Lafond controversy....

Times Higher Education Ex-judge leaves UBC after indigenous ancestry claims challenged Three months after a CBC review finds no basis for claims of native ancestry, a prominent figure in law and academia announces retirement and UBC promises further examination. National...

Globe and Mail National physicians regulator aims to fast-track certification of more foreign-trained doctors The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons is making it easier for internationally trained specialists to work in Canadian hospitals as it responds to the...