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Federal minister Navdeep Bains says Canada’s health sciences industry falling off the pace
Navdeep Bains was in Vancouver as part of the LifeScience BC’s 2018 Investor Summit, to discuss the recommendations of a new report on Canada’s health and biosciences industry.
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Indigenous students on campus: Going past the equity handbook
“It’s hard to use education as a means to prosperity if the institutions providing the education aren’t set up in a way that allows us to prosper,” writes Riley Yesno.
CBC
SFU’s emergency protocol questioned after student dies during mid-term exam
Some students at Simon Fraser University are questioning if the university has the proper emergency protocols in place following the death of a 58-year-old man during a midterm exam.
Hamilton Spectator
McMaster secures spot as most research intensive university in Canada again
The Research Infosource Inc. rankings look at the number of faculty members divided by the amount of money coming in.
Times Higher Education
Universities’ Saudi ties under scrutiny after Khashoggi killing
Experts say Western institutions and academics have played a role in ‘supporting and perpetuating the Saudi regime’.
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