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Google Canada grants $2.7M to tech training for Indigenous Peoples, media literacy
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Laurentian University does an ‘about face’ and requests 2 letters be unsealed
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Faculty at Western University overwhelmingly approve strike mandate
Members of the faculty association at Western University are ratcheting up the pressure on contract talks later this week.
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International students at MUN struggling with rising cost of living, tuition
Last summer, Memorial University announced it would end its tuition freeze, in place since 1999 this fall, nearly doubling tuition to $20,000 for international students.
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In an Oct. 3 letter, the chief of Halifax Regional Police urges university president Deep Saini to consider three specific steps in response to large gatherings that disrupt residential neighbourhoods near the school.
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