Headlines for Aug. 17, 2018
Ottawa Citizen
Competition Bureau warns students about fraudsters offering fake rentals
The Competition Bureau of Canada is warning post-secondary students about the increasing popularity of fraudulent rental scams, just as many are preparing to head back-to-school.
Toronto Star
Alberta funds over 400 new spots in post-secondary tech programs
Hundreds of spots in tech programs across Alberta are opening thanks to a government initiative aimed at nurturing the burgeoning tech sector.
CBC
Power imbalance makes medical students vulnerable to abuse: ethicist
With careers at stake, medical students might decide to keep silent rather than report a superior for wrongdoing, a university ethicist believes.
CBC
Halifax doc warns of surgery delays if Saudi medical residents forced to leave
Saudi students have been given until Aug. 31 to return home.
PIE News
CBIE calls on federal government to invest in outward student mobility
The Canadian Bureau for International Education has submitted a proposal to the Ottawa parliament calling on the government to invest CA$10m to support outward student mobility.
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