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Headlines for Nov. 28, 2018

BY ANQI SHEN | NOV 28 2018

London Free Press
Western expected to announce new president Thursday

The person will replace Amit Chakma, who has been in the position since 2009, and become the school’s 11th president.

Globe and Mail
One in four Ontario postsecondary students lacks basic literacy, numeracy skills, studies say

Harvey Weingarten, president of HEQCO, said the research is among the first of its kind to try to measure employment-related skills outcomes in the higher-education system.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Complaint over university’s $17,500 security charge for anti-abortion protest heads to Alberta’s top court

While there were no reports of actual violence at the 2015 rally, police and university security intervened several times, according to court documents.

Kingston Whig-Standard
Queen’s says lecture by alumnus convicted of assaulting girl, 16, in Kingston ‘unfortunate’

Queen’s University has confirmed that Chance Macdonald, found guilty of assaulting a 16-year-girl in 2015, spoke to a Queen’s University business class last spring.

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