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CTV News 'Catastrophic': Quebec reportedly set to impose higher French-language requirements for English universities McGill University's deputy provost, Fabrice Labeau, did not mince words when reacting to a media report that Quebec is going to not only raise tuition...

The Globe and Mail Parliamentary committee calls for boost to scholarship and grant funding Four-party committee’s report recommends a 50-per-cent increase to the value of tri-agency graduate research scholarships and postdoctoral fellowships. National Post Feds urged to do more to protect...

Students are unaware of all the financial aids available to them. With rising food and housing costs, stakeholders are calling for reform and better dissemination of information.

Latest review by Universities Canada of its member institutions also catalogues efforts towards reconciliation.

The university’s Teacher’s Pet profile series puts the spotlight on professors’ furry friends.

CBC Students' Union cries foul after U of C announces 2nd tuition hike in 2 years The University of Calgary has announced it is readying to hike tuition for the second time in two years, prompting an outcry from...

CBC Home for the holidays: Post-secondary students navigate vague guidelines, self-isolation Whether donning a mask to venture out to meet her lone study buddy or rushing to grab food on a 15-minute break between online lectures, Western University first-year...

The Globe and Mail Student-loan relief program in disarray, resulting in late penalties and hefty payments Some student loan recipients are potentially facing late penalties and hefty payments due to glitches with a federal program aimed at debt relief,...

Global News Students, universities prepare for holiday travel outside Atlantic Canada during a pandemic Ally Hancock, a fourth-year student at Nova Scotia’s St. Francis Xavier University, said she’s a bit apprehensive about her flight back home to Toronto for...

The Globe and Mail Michael Houghton’s Nobel Prize win shows Canada’s strength in biotechnology Amid the challenges of COVID-19, this week’s awarding of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine to University of Alberta virologist Dr. Michael Houghton could not...

Halifax Today Nova Scotia's universities raise thousands for student-led food security programs Dalhousie University, Saint Mary's University, Mount Saint Vincent University, Atlantic School of Theology, NSCAD University and the University of King's College were among the nine schools raising...

Money was disbursed quickly, researchers stepped up, but some adjustments had to be made along the way.

The Globe and Mail Leader of inquiry into aborted hiring at University of Toronto law school resigns Bonnie Patterson has stepped down from the inquiry into the aborted hiring of a new director of the International Human Rights Program...