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    Headlines for Jan. 4, 2021

    The Toronto Star COVID-19 has forced big changes on med schools. Will some newly graduated doctors miss out on key experience? “See one, do one, teach one” is a common mantra in medical education, meaning that young doctors learn...

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    Laura Beaulne-Stuebing

    January 04, 2021

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    COVID-19 updates for January 2021

    January 27, 2021 COVID cases on campus An outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at McGill University. According to Fabrice Labeau, deputy provost, student life and learning, 44 students living in residence had tested positive for the virus as...

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    January 01, 2021

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    COVID-19 updates for December 2020

    December 23, 2020 COVID-19 cases on campus The University of Windsor has another three cases of COVID-19 to report. These new cases are unrelated to previously reported cases. Since the start of December, the university has reported eight new...

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    December 31, 2020

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    Headlines for Dec. 24, 2020

    CTV News Queen's students urged to delay returning to Kingston following winter break Students at Queen’s University are being urged not to return to campus while the 28-day provincial lockdown is in place. Global News ‘Sense of community is a strength’:...

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    Laura Beaulne-Stuebing

    December 24, 2020

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    Headlines for Dec. 23, 2020

    CBC Three new COVID-19 cases reported on University of Windsor campus The University of Windsor has today confirmed three additional cases of COVID-19 on campus. Global News Quebec researchers to study delayed grieving process caused by COVID-19 pandemic restrictions Researchers from the...

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    Laura Beaulne-Stuebing

    December 23, 2020

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    Headlines for Dec. 22, 2020

    Global News Delivery of in-person classes depends on coronavirus vaccine rollout, USask president says While nothing is set in stone right now, University of Saskatchewan’s (USask) president said the way fall 2021 courses are delivered will depend on the...

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    Laura Beaulne-Stuebing

    December 22, 2020

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    Headlines for Dec. 21, 2020

    CBC University of Ottawa student told to repay $12K from CERB says he was given bad info A University of Ottawa student who owes the federal government $12,000 is blaming the big bill on bad information he received when...

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    Laura Beaulne-Stuebing

    December 21, 2020

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    Canada Research Chairs and Genome Canada celebrate 20-year anniversaries

    The vital role these two programs continue to play in Canada’s research landscape highlights the vision of those who pushed to create them two decades ago.

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    Brian Owens

    December 21, 2020

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    Headlines for Dec. 18, 2020

    The Globe and Mail ‘I miss you so much’: Students bracing for holidays without their families This year, Karen Farag decorated her Christmas tree earlier than usual. It makes the house she shares with her two brothers in Sherbrooke...

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    Laura Beaulne-Stuebing

    December 18, 2020

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    Headlines for Dec. 17, 2020

    The Globe and Mail Use of surveillance software to crack down on exam cheating has unintended consequences Moments before the online exam was set to begin, the testing software asked Chelsea Okankwu to take a photo of herself to...

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    Laura Beaulne-Stuebing

    December 17, 2020

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