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Vancouver Island University unveils plan to reduce $20-million deficit
Vancouver Island University, which has been running deficits since before the pandemic, has announced a plan to try to balance its books by 2026-27.
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‘Students feel used’: Vancouver Island nursing students call for paid work placements amid shortage
Nursing students on Vancouver Island are lobbying for help to make their program more accessible amid a dire need for more of them in B.C.’s health-care system.
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Human rights hearing looks at ‘remedy’ after University of Waterloo unfairly rejected disabled applicant
A human rights hearing began Monday to determine what the University of Waterloo owes a brain-injured Kitchener man it discriminated against by refusing him admission 10 years ago.
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