Headlines for May 29, 2023

National Post
StatCan report casts clouds on claims of a widespread labour shortage in Canada
“Things look really different depending on whether you look at vacancies that require a high level of education, versus those that require a high school diploma or less.”
CBC News
What we learned spending a year with international students in Winnipeg
In a new short film, four international students reveal the ups and downs of a year at a Winnipeg high school.
Toronto Star
‘Decolonizing Journeys’ shares Laurier students’ digital stories of learning and unlearning colonialism in Canada
More than a dozen digital decolonization journeys will be shared at an event June 17 in Six Nations of the Grand River.
CBC News
New medical school on schedule to open in 2025, says UPEI
The new faculty of medicine is on schedule to open in the summer of 2025, the university’s interim president Greg Keefe said.
Toronto Star
McMaster scientists use AI to discover new treatment for antibiotic-resistant ‘superbug’
A team of researchers, including several from McMaster University, used artificial intelligence to discover a promising new drug for a notoriously hard-to-treat, antibiotic-resistant “superbug.”
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