Times Higher Education
Silver lining to international education crackdown
If doors to opportunity close, ‘it can become a potent political issue very quickly’.
The Hub
‘I don’t recall a moment like this’: Dr. Deep Saini on the opportunities and challenges facing Canada’s world-leading universities
Dr. Deep Saini, president and vice-chancellor of McGill University, discusses the global competition for talent, the role and importance of Canada’s world-leading universities, and some of the challenges that McGill and other universities have faced on their campuses over the past several months.
Toronto Sun
Telesat Opens Annual Scholarship Programs for Women & Indigenous Students
Scholarship recipients to reflect Canada’s broad diversity and Telesat’s commitment to advancing careers in engineering and technology
The Globe and Mail
Opinion: In this economy? It’s time to welcome foreign students again
Christopher Worswick is chair of the economics department at Carleton University and a research fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute.
Policy Options
Why Canada should do more to keep international students
They contribute billions to the economy every year and represent a much-needed highly skilled labour force for the future.
CTV News
Alberta’s population vs. its medical school intake: health advocates sound alarm
Friends of Medicare is calling on the province to allocate money to train more health-care workers in Alberta’s upcoming budget.
Castanet
TRU looks to STEM while considering new academic programs to attract students
With federal policy changes causing international enrolment to drop by hundreds and forcing millions in budget cuts, Thompson Rivers University is eyeing new programs to stay on track.
CTV News
Students, staff express concerns following Laurentian’s shelter-in-place in January
In the wake of a false threat last month at Laurentian University in Sudbury, some students and staff are calling for changes to the way the school responds to such threats.
The Winnipeg Free Press
Information breach raises concerns about upcoming U of M campus election
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union has issued an alert about an “accidental disclosure” of member information to candidates running in an upcoming campus election.
The Peterborough Examiner
The link between universities, NDAs and perpetuating racism
In 2021, C. Darius Stonebanks was fired from his full professorship at Bishop’s University after he raised complaints of systemic racism, he explains in a new video connecting non-disclosure agreements with racism.
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