Toronto Star
Contract staff gather for Monday rally as strike goes into full swing
The strike affecting 3,000 contract staff working at York University kicked off Monday with a massive rally on the campus.
Globe and Mail
Number of Ontario professors over 65 rises, under 45 falls, study finds
Since mandatory retirement ended in Ontario in 2006, the proportion of faculty over 65 has grown to almost 9 per cent from close to zero.
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Canadian universities are failing students on sexual assault
An exclusive Maclean’s investigation—including interviews with dozens of survivors—uncovers how universities routinely abandon victims.
Hamilton Spectator
UW student dies by suicide at student residence
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Globe and Mail
Acadia University investigation of professor intensifies campus free-speech debate
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