Globe and Mail
Concordia engineering school becomes first in Canada named after a woman as alumna donates $15-million
Donor Gina Parvaneh Cody, who is gifting Concordia University with a $15 million donation, was the first woman to earn a PhD degree in building engineering from Concordia.
Globe and Mail
MaRS Discovery District to open second location on Toronto’s waterfront
MaRS and U of T are leasing 24,000 square feet – with an option to lease an additional 24,000 square feet – at Menkes’s Waterfront Innovation Centre.
The Province
Opinion: We need to make higher education more affordable in Saskatchewan
The government of Saskatchewan would be well-advised to give a long, hard look at a policy called Targeted Free Tuition, writes Alex Usher.
CBC
Grads celebrate 100 years of home economics at University of Alberta
The program started in 1918 as home economics and is now called human ecology.
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Shopify launches Dev Degree with York University
The program embeds students directly into development teams at Shopify through a paid internship opportunity that culminates with an Honours Bachelor of Computer Science degree.
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Headlines for February 27, 2025
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