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CBC News U of O faculty understaffed and overworked, prof's union says The Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa (APUO) held a union rally after filing a complaint to the Ontario Labour Relations Board calling on administrators...

The PIE News Canadian food banks excludes first-year international students A Vancouver-based food bank has decided to stop providing free food to new international students, the policy is in place after the federal government raised the cost-of-living financial requirement...

Global News University of Alberta ending swim program after this season amid 'financial challenges'  Due to ongoing financial challenges the U of A swim program will not return for the 2024-25 season for the first time since 1948. The Peterborough...

Globe and Mail Student scientists demand action on federal scholarships Scientists and researchers hold a petition with over 7,100 signatures calling on the federal government to increase funding for graduate and post-doctoral scholars, during the 'Support Our Science' rally...

Global News Hundreds of scientists set to rally for more federal funding Organizers of the “Support our Science” rally say they will present an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Science and Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne that...

Globe and Mail Alberta relaxes some restrictions on university partnerships with links to Chinese government The Alberta government has eased some restrictions on the province’s four major universities that prevented them from forming new partnerships with entities or individuals...

CTV News Laurentian University staff union to take LU administrators to court One of Laurentian University's biggest unions is considering taking some members of the university's administration to court. Global News International research team uncovers genetic defects that lead to heart...

Critics say more emphasis needs to be placed on broader structural issues.

Global News Advanced Education minister says Alberta will help with the relocation of 500 Athabasca University school staff Alberta’s Advanced Education minister says he is willing to help Athabasca University with whatever it wants — including money — to...

Those affected include over 100,000 postsecondary students, one expert estimates.

CTV News Terminated faculty call for a 'no' vote to Laurentian's plan of arrangement A committee representing some terminated faculty members at Laurentian University have issued an open letter, calling on creditors to vote against the school's plan of...

Toronto Star B.C. government contributes $77.8 million for collaborative post secondary school campus on Vancouver Island The money is on top of $19 million from Royal Roads University and $27 million from the city of Langford for a total...

‘We punch above our weight in Canada because we collaborate,’ says one computer science professor, ‘and this has the potential to erode those collaborations.’