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Dalhousie doubles number of female students in undergraduate computer science
The university has also created a mentorship program for first-year female students in partnership with the school’s Women in Technology Society.
The Province
Family of VIU student who died urge anyone who is struggling to reach out
The 21-year-old Vancouver Island University student who died after falling from the fifth and top floor of the school’s library is being remembered by family as a bright and caring person who was a whiz with computers.
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Law students defend classroom comments from Edmonton homicide detective
A group of law students is defending comments made in a classroom lecture by a veteran Edmonton homicide detective after another student filed a formal complaint calling for his suspension.
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‘Concern’ about other local projects, in wake of cancelled $20M for law school
Could the Doug Ford government’s refusal to pay $20 million for the law school’s move to Paul Martin Building be troubling sign of cancellations to come?
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Opinion: Tuition freeze won’t leave institutions in the cold
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