Headlines for January 20, 2025

The Globe and Mail
Laurentian University’s crisis is a reminder to an imperiled sector
When Canadian postsecondary schools run into financial trouble Laurentian University is often invoked as the worst-case scenario.
National Post
Opinion: At University of Alberta, more proof we’re watching DEI die in real time
U of A president Bill Flanagan says the school is now prioritizing ‘access, community and belonging,’ not diversity policies.
National Post
Opinion: Canadian universities are rotten to the core
Governments must start demanding accountability from our institutes of higher education.
Soo Today
Laurentian students can now dissect virtual bodies
‘You’re able to actually conceptualize a human, instead of just a plastic model,’ said second-year biomedical biology student Jill Kusnierczyk of the university’s new virtual dissection table from Anatomage.
CBC News
Number of gastrointestinal illnesses at University of Guelph rising but at a slower pace
‘We’re continuing to work with the university,’ public health says.
Ottawa Citizen
New health research group president targets areas of greatest impact
Dr. Paul Hébert of Ottawa has started a five-year term as president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
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