Headlines for May 30, 2017

Globe and Mail
Doctors should have to publicly disclose ties to drug industry: experts
New guidelines developed by McMaster University take aim at an epidemic of addiction and accidental deaths resulting from powerful narcotic painkillers.
The PIE News
Universities in U.K., Australia push for deeper higher education ties post-Brexit
With a potential bilateral free trade agreement on the table after the U.K. leaves the EU, sector stakeholders are working to ensure that higher education and research are on the agenda for future negotiations.
CTV News
Victoria rental crisis has students dropping out, sleeping in cars
The city’s rental vacancy rate has dipped to 0.5 percent in the last year.
Globe and Mail
Opinion: Does Ottawa’s supercluster program go far enough?
The federal government’s announcement of $950 million for superclusters is considered a positive step forward for industry and research partnerships, but the money isn’t getting in the commercialization pipeline early enough.
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