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CTV News Ontario expert panel urges end to post-secondary tuition freeze Ontario should end its post-secondary tuition freeze and increase per-student funding to its universities and colleges, a government-commissioned report has found. The Peterborough Examiner Queen's named in anti-semitism class-action suit Queen's...

Global News University fund will honour couple killed in Banff bear attack The family of a couple killed by a grizzly bear in Banff National Park is establishing an endowment fund at the University of Lethbridge in their memory. Toronto...

Globe and Mail Canadian lawyers, inspired by UOttawa students, call for unity amid professional conflict over Middle East Inspired by a group of Muslim and Jewish law students who drafted a statement of mutual support at the University of...

From partnerships with heritage organizations to web crawlers, university archivists, librarians and historians are using a range of tools to capture life in the pandemic.

Global News Returning students could cause COVID-19 infections to double in University towns: New study finds A new research study from Western University researchers says that returning students in university towns could double the number of COVID-19 infections. CBC COVID-19 testing...

Speaking to Parliamentarians last month about universities’ response to COVID-19, university presidents asked for support for international students and continued emergency research funding.

Huffington Post Shaming Young People As Party Animals Ignores Their Actual COVID-19 Risks Plenty of people under 40 are on the front lines, in a variety of ways. Global News Remote learning to continue for most of Queen’s students come winter Queen’s...

CBC U of O announces winter term to be 'primarily' online The University of Ottawa has notified students and faculty that its 2021 winter semester will be composed "primarily of remote learning, with only a few exceptions." The Chronicle Herald Saint...

CTV News Students anxious for more time as federal loan repayment freeze winds down As the six-month freeze on federal student loan payments nears its end, students are calling for an extension of the measure they say offered relief...

Investment management charters and international partnerships are just some of the ways universities are ramping up cross-sectoral efforts against climate change.

CTV News Post-secondary students paying for inaccessible services as they study online Brandon Rheal Amyot is taking on debt to pay about $3,000 in tuition this semester, including fees for services and facilities that cannot be used. Global News 28 Western...

The Globe and Mail Officials raise alarm as Queen’s University students throw parties that defy COVID-19 restrictions On the Queen’s University campus, students wear masks, observe physical distancing and talk about the importance of containing COVID-19. But come Friday...

On September 9 and 10, scholars across Canada paused academic and administrative work to participate in a strike against anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism in policing.