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McGill University to offer bursary in memory of Quebec City mosque victims
The university’s advancement office launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $60,000 to offer the Centre culturel islamique de Québec Memorial Award in perpetuity.
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University in Yellowknife? That’s up for discussion at city council
Yellowknife city council is weighing the benefits of a Northern university or postsecondary institution.
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Halifax university stands by professor after controversy over course on residential schools
Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax said in a statement on Tuesday that Martha Walls will still be teaching the course she developed this fall.
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Mount Royal University braces for cuts, despite new money from province
An internal memo from MRU executives reveals proposed cuts they say are designed to balance the institution’s roughly $240-million budget.
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High school entrepreneurs to get university credit in B.C.
Simon Fraser University is granting university credits to high school students who take an entrepreneurship class.
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