The Montreal Gazette
U de M, McGill, Concordia denounce Quebec’s new cap on international students
Universities warn Quebec’s standing as a leading destination for international students and academics will suffer even more after the province on Wednesday announced enrolment caps and a more complex immigration process for researchers and professors.
Global News
Quebec caps international students but is hazy on numbers
Quebec is taking steps to cut the number of international students in the province, but can’t say by how many.
Toronto Star
Record number of people applying to come to Canada to work, study or visit were refused in 2024
Meanwhile, the government allowed more than 320,000 foreign nationals with expiring status in the country to extend their stay legally.
National Post
Leigh Revers: Why are science students being taught about microaggressions?
The woke profs at the University of Toronto Mississauga clearly didn’t get the memo that DEI is on the way out.
Timmins Daily Press
Work to start on Algoma U’s new building
A southern Ontario-based firm will lead construction of Algoma University’s Makwa Waakaa’igan.
CBC
UBC denies its downtown Kelowna campus construction caused full extent of damage to surrounding buildings
Displaced residents have filed a lawsuit against UBC, city and others, alleging construction caused damage.
Castanet
Feds fund new airborne sensing lab at UBC Okanagan
The federal government has announced $1.35M for the creation of Western Canada’s first airborne sensing lab at UBC Okanagan.
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