Headlines for Feb. 14, 2017
Calgary Herald
Alberta envoy to push for greater share of federal research and innovation funding in Ottawa
Politicians and university leaders from Alberta will land this morning in Ottawa for two days of meetings to push for a greater share of federally sponsored research funds.
Globe and Mail
Criminal charges less likely in UBC sex-assault cases
Sexual-assault cases investigated by RCMP at the small detachment at UBC end with criminal charges far less frequently than in neighbouring Vancouver, according to data.
CBC
U of O students and staff learn how to build a birch bark canoe
Award-winning artist Marcel Labelle brings the campus together through a building project.
The Province
Global university ranking puts UBC among world’s most ‘international’ schools
UBC is now among the most international academic institutions in the world, placing 12th in the Times Higher Education report earlier this month.
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