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BY HANNAH LIDDLE | JAN 18 2022

Times Higher Education Talking leadership 9: Meric Gertler on building global links The University of Toronto president has ‘doubled down on internationalising’ while remaining rooted in the Canadian metropolis for almost four decades. The Toronto Star How online degrees could help solve Canada’s nursing shortage Developing more distance nursing degrees with online courses and local […]

BY HANNAH LIDDLE | JAN 17 2022

Times Higher Education Canada joining the rush to create a Darpa Trudeau government set to fulfil campaign promise for version of legendary U.S. innovation agency, amid mixed expert assessment of its wisdom. CTV News Concordia faculty and administration reach agreement ending ‘landmark’ strike Students at Concordia University of Edmonton will return to classes Wednesday after […]

BY HANNAH LIDDLE | JAN 14 2022

CTV News University of Waterloo revamps aquatics lab to expand research on climate change, pathogen transmission The newly revamped aquatics research lab at the University of Waterloo will make the facility one of the few in the country able to do live infection experiments of animals to study pathogen transmission — which could translate into […]

BY HANNAH LIDDLE | JAN 13 2022

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Government of Canada backs over 5,500 trailblazing Canadian researchers This major investment of over $550 million, part of the government’s ongoing effort to support Canada’s science and research sector, will strengthen the country’s research enterprise. Bell Canada Bell Let’s Talk announces $1M in funding for post-secondary student mental health […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | JAN 12 2022

Globe and Mail Opinion: Are Canada’s medical schools failing in their purpose? If you ask members of the public – or perhaps more importantly, members of provincial legislatures or the national Parliament – why they support medical schools, I am sure they would say: to produce doctors for our community. London Free Press Western bolsters […]

BY HANNAH LIDDLE | JAN 11 2022

Education News Canada UCalgary vice-provost to co-chair new national organization for Indigenous university leaders Indigenous Senior Administrative leaders from post-secondary institutions across Canada have formed the National Indigenous University Senior Leaders’ Association (NIUSLA). CTV News Quebec students, staff worried about return to university and college classes, saying it’s too soon Quebec expects in-person learning to […]

BY HANNAH LIDDLE | JAN 10 2022

The Globe and Mail McGill University principal Suzanne Fortier to step down in August. Dr. Fortier served two terms as principal, starting in September, 2013. Global News Federal government setting up scholarship program to honour victims of plane shot down by Iran The program is expected to disburse scholarships worth an average of $25,000 to […]

BY HANNAH LIDDLE | JAN 07 2022

Macleans Canada is falling behind globally on public funding for universities. That’s a problem. ‘How do we ensure that the financial resources available to Canadian universities are commensurate with the positioning we seek on the global stage?’ iPolitics University students in Alberta can’t safely return to class: NDP With no apparent plan in place, the […]

BY HANNAH LIDDLE | JAN 06 2022

Toronto Star Ontario student athletes shut out from indoor play face more disruptions When the COVID-19 pandemic forced Humber College to move everything online, Rrezart Sadiku’s final year playing in the men’s volleyball team was suddenly put on pause. CTV News Fired Mount Royal University professor says she plans to appeal A tenured professor fired […]

BY HANNAH LIDDLE | JAN 06 2022

CTV News Opinion: When it comes to academic freedom, universities haven’t been asleep at the switch Much ink has been spilled recently about the alleged failure of universities to defend academic freedom against identity politics gone mad. The Cloutier Commission has recommended legislation, and many are arguing that only with a law can universities withstand […]

BY HANNAH LIDDLE | JAN 05 2022

CTV News Opinion: When it comes to academic freedom, universities haven’t been asleep at the switch Much ink has been spilled recently about the alleged failure of universities to defend academic freedom against identity politics gone mad. The Cloutier Commission has recommended legislation, and many are arguing that only with a law can universities withstand […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | JAN 04 2022

CTV News Western University head taking sudden leave after heart concern Western University President Alan Shepard is taking a leave of absence after an “unexpected cardiac issue.” MyCoastNews Provincial Health Officer recommends return to in-person classes, UBC, UVic to briefly go online Returning to in-person classes at universities is being recommended by B.C.’s provincial health […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | DEC 24 2021

CBC News Concordia University of Edmonton faculty association to strike in new year University’s bargaining team says it hopes fair deal is reached to avoid strike. Ottawa Citizen Students dealt ‘cruel disappointment’ as uOttawa cancels international exchange program weeks before departures University of Ottawa students are asking school administrators to reconsider the decision to cancel […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | DEC 23 2021

Global News UBC scientists reveal world’s first molecular-level analysis of Omicron variant’s spike protein Canadian researchers have conducted the world’s first molecular-level analysis of Omicron’s spike protein, revealing key information about why the new variant is so resistant and infectious. Niagara Falls Review Students out of luck as Laurier cancels outbound foreign exchanges through January […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | DEC 22 2021

Regina Leader-Post University of Regina to start winter term with remote classes The University of Regina is pushing back its plan for delivering most winter term courses in person due to the uncertainty caused by the arrival of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. CTV News Students want decision on in-person or online classes from U […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | DEC 21 2021

Global News UBCO student concerned about university’s handling of sexual assault report This fall the Kelowna RCMP apologized for mishandling a sexual assault complaint, but long before the complainant went to the police the UBC Okanagan student first sought help from the school. CTV News Western researchers finding early success with new COVID-19 vaccine A […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | DEC 20 2021

Globe and Mail Rising COVID-19 cases force Canada’s universities to reconsider winter semester plans A Nova Scotia university was fined for failing to follow public-health rules on Friday as schools across the country rushed to announce they would move classes online in January as a result of a rapidly worsening COVID-19 situation. CBC News Former […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | DEC 17 2021

CTV News Waterloo, Guelph universities to start winter semester classes remotely At least the first few classes of the winter semester at University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier Univeristy and University of Guelph will not be in-person. Global News University of Waterloo delays in-person classes next year The University of Waterloo says classes that were scheduled […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | DEC 16 2021

Globe and Mail Opinion: Quebec’s commission on academic freedom takes a courageous stand When the University of Ottawa suspended a professor last year for using the n-word during an online seminar, the incident reverberated in Quebec more than anywhere else in Canada. Niagara Falls Review Some universities delaying return to in-person classes next month as […]

BY TARA SIEBARTH | DEC 15 2021

Saltwire Opinion: Banning non-disclosure agreements isn’t enough to stop unethical workplace leader behaviour Just weeks after Prince Edward Island became the first province in Canada to pass a bill restricting the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) on Nov. 17, some harms of NDAs have been in the news. NDAs are contracts in which parties agree […]