Headlines for Feb. 7, 2020

CBC
New Brunswick MLAs ponder performance-based funding for universities
Ontario, Alberta governments are moving to tie funding to the achievement of certain targets.
Winnipeg Free Press
New mandate: post-secondary schools await instruction from province
Manitoba’s post-secondary schools are anxiously awaiting further instruction about the future of their programs and new “performance”-based funding model, almost two months after the province sent out mandate letters.
Global News
Ontario to invest $37.4M in 183 research projects at 23 institutions, including Trent
The Ontario government says its investment of $37.4 million into more than 180 research projects will improve the lives of families across the province.
Times Higher Education
10 things every international student in Canada should know
Top tips to help foreign students in Canada understand the country’s unique university culture.
CBC
Record number of international students staying in N.S. after studies
Nova Scotia retained a record number of international students studying in the province in 2018 and eclipsed a goal laid out in the 2014 Ivany report for the first time.
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