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Grad students push for more funding after nearly 20 years without a raise
Student researchers say Canada risks losing future scientists and academics to other countries if it doesn’t increase annual grants for graduate-level research, which haven’t changed in nearly 20 years.
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Classes and final assignments were cancelled after a shouting match between a professor and a student who wasn’t enrolled in the class.
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