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‘Empty chairs’ across Canada’s academic community after Iran plane crash
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Manitoba to issue mandate letters to postsecondary institutions
The government’s November throne speech indicated that mandate letters would be issued “in order to reduce waste and duplication in our education system.”
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N.B. university appoints group to examine law building’s name and connection to slavery
The University of New Brunswick has appointed a working group in response to pressure to remove George Duncan Ludlow’s name from its law faculty building in Fredericton because of his connections to slavery and Indigenous abuse.
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