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‘Irrational exuberance’: Experts urge caution as Canadian schools race to develop cannabis curricula
Across Canada, colleges and universities are partnering with cannabis companies to develop marijuana-related curricula in anticipation of legalization.
Prince George Daily News
Four B.C. postsecondary institutions to collaborate on social infrastructure development
Simon Fraser University, the British Columbia Institute of Technology, the University of Northern British Columbia and Vancouver Island University are part of a groundbreaking initiative.
CBC
Dalhousie University’s $55K fee for information likely a record-breaker
CUPE requested data about the number of full-time and part-time faculty over 10 years.
TheWhig.com
Rowdy partiers will end up with court appearance: Kingston mayor
The city and Queen’s University announced Monday a pilot project that will see court summons issued to people charged during move-in week, homecoming and St. Patrick’s Day.
CBC
Albert Einstein’s letters to Calgarian discovered in U of C archive
Amateur scientist Harold Horne wrote to Einstein — and Einstein wrote back in 1943.
CBC
Summer school for budding Indigenous health researchers ‘a big deal’
The summer school is one of the first outcomes of a five-year health training program funded by the federal Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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