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Laurentian insolvency ‘made a bad situation worse’: Auditor-General says university should have opted for provincial aid
Ontario’s Auditor-General says Laurentian University should have worked with the provincial government to find solutions, rather than file for creditor protection on the advice of external counsel, after years of poor strategic decisions and weak board oversight put its finances in peril.
Global News
Demand for student housing rising in the Okanagan
The rising cost of living is making the demand for student housing skyrocket in the Okanagan.
McMaster University
$36M federal investment supports McMaster-based research projects
McMaster’s research enterprise has been bolstered by $36 million in federal investments, including more than $8.5 million for biosciences research at Canada’s Global Nexus for Pandemics and Biological Threats.
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