Campus Currents

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

CBC NewsQuebec adopts bill to restrict international student enrolmentUniversities, opposition worry about Bill 74 undermining academic autonomy. CTV NewsUWindsor lands amongst top research universities in CanadaThe University of Windsor has been named one of the top research universities...

City NewsOttawa outlines $2B in spending for artificial intelligence computing powerThe federal government says it will spend up to $1 billion to build public computing infrastructure for the Canadian artificial intelligence sector, part of a $2 billion...