Campus Currents

Toronto Star Ford government set to give almost all international student spots to public colleges and universities Some 96 per cent of foreign student applications would be allotted to the province's 24 publicly assisted colleges and 23 universities, sources...

CBC News What you need to know about Ontario's 2024 budget Province projecting deficit of $9.8B in coming fiscal year. Toronto Star Ford government's budget shortfall soars to $9.8 billion as tax revenues plunge Ford signalled Monday that Ontario Finance Minister...

Global News Ford government to unveil 2024 financial plan, promising a ‘very balanced budget, per se’ The Ford government is set to table its annual budget Tuesday afternoon, with the premier promising a “very balanced budget, per se,” one...

CTV News Interim president takes the helm at embattled Laurentian University Dr. Tammy Eger has been named interim president at Laurentian University, with Dr. Robert Hache stepping down from the role following the university’s insolvency process. CBC News Settling into campus...

Sudbury.com Haché retires from Laurentian today, Eger is interim president University says ‘information regarding further changes in senior leadership will be communicated in the coming days and weeks ahead.’ Globe and Mail Ottawa to lift restrictions on hours of work for...

Western Standard Canadian government looking into foreign student subsidy The House of Commons Science Committee recommends taxpayers consider covering tuition for international students, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. Financial Post Concordia University releases the final report of its President's Task Force on...

Ottawa Citizen 'Get out, hide or fight': Students say University of Calgary alert system failed during knife scare While the incident was short-lived, some students were unnerved by what they considered lacking emergency communications from the university. CTV News University of...

Globe and Mail Ecologist who showed how nature endures in our midst wins Canada’s top science prize Carleton University professor Dr. Lenore Fahrig was named this year’s winner of the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal. CBC News Indigenous professionals say UBC...

Cape Breton Post Twenty-two courses on hold at Dalhousie University agricultural campus due to CUPE strike The strike began on Oct. 19 as a result of negotiations between Dalhousie and CUPE 3912 falling through. CBC News N.B. nursing students offered...

Toronto Star Canada’s top medical journal acknowledges its role in perpetuating anti-Black racism Canada’s premier medical journal says it’s eager to address the role it plays in perpetuating anti-Black racism in health care and spark the broader change needed...

Globe and Mail To support science research in Canada, we must pay grad students and postdocs better Research science in Canada is currently operating in a zero-sum funding environment. CBC News The Pretendians Why are there so many ‘pretend Indians’ these days?...

CBC News Accusations of racism shutter groundbreaking Halifax institute studying Canadian slavery Charmaine Nelson resigned as director of the Institute for the Study of Canadian Slavery at NSCAD University. CTV News Community leaders say new federal pilot program could help London...

CTV News Federal government announces funding for Earth observation satellites Thirteen Canadian universities are involved with the program, along with the government. CTV News About 1,500 Dalhousie teaching staff going on strike after tentative agreement not reached Part-time academics, teaching assistants,...