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Headlines for May 16, 2018

BY ANQI SHEN | MAY 16 2018

CBC
McGill University to offer bursary in memory of Quebec City mosque victims

The university’s advancement office launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $60,000 to offer the Centre culturel islamique de Québec Memorial Award in perpetuity.

CBC
University in Yellowknife? That’s up for discussion at city council

Yellowknife city council is weighing the benefits of a Northern university or postsecondary institution.

Global
Halifax university stands by professor after controversy over course on residential schools

Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax said in a statement on Tuesday that Martha Walls will still be teaching the course she developed this fall.

CBC
Mount Royal University braces for cuts, despite new money from province

An internal memo from MRU executives reveals proposed cuts they say are designed to balance the institution’s roughly $240-million budget.

The Star Vancouver
High school entrepreneurs to get university credit in B.C.

Simon Fraser University is granting university credits to high school students who take an entrepreneurship class.

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