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University of Toronto researcher Lewis Kay wins $1-million science prize
Lewis Kay, a molecular biophysicist at the University of Toronto, has been awarded this year’s Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering.
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Opinion: Is every medical school graduate entitled to become a doctor?
“We need a system that ensures the right doctors are working in the right places, not one where personal desires can trump societal needs,” André Picard writes.
CBC
Campuses offer free menstrual products in the name of educational equality
Advocates at Canadian universities and colleges are trying to make period-related panic a thing of the past by offering free tampons and pads on campus.
CBC
University of Winnipeg tuition to jump 6.6 per cent
The Board of Regents balanced budget and approved the increase in the university’s 2018-19 spending plan.
Prince George Citizen
UNBC profs cry foul over faculty dismissals
The UNBC Faculty Association is decrying what it calls an “adversarial regime of labour relations” with university administrators.
CBC
Millions of scholarship dollars go unclaimed each year in Canada
You don’t have to be a genius or a sports superstar to qualify for a university scholarship.
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