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Petition demands Quebec drop plans to hike university tuition fees
At Quebec’s National Assembly Tuesday, Liberal education critic Marwah Rizqy presented a petition on behalf of students, asking the government to cancel its plan to double tuition hikes for out-of-province students.
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Navigating free speech and protests at Canadian universities
As conflict in the Middle East continues, a growing number of student unions at Canadian universities have been speaking out in support of Palestinians, pushing some institutions to threaten pulling funding from those groups.
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Group at York U calls for reinstatement of employees charged in Indigo defacement
A group of faculty, staff and students at York University is calling for the reinstatement of three university employees who were suspended after police laid charges in the defacement of an Indigo bookstore in Toronto.
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