Media Scan
CTV News Students staging lockout at U of M admin building as strike continues A group of students is standing outside the doors of the University of Manitoba administration building on Monday to prevent administration staff from entering the building. CBC News Memorial University has an accessibility problem, say students As tuition rises and government […]
Ottawa Citizen Academic freedom debate still simmers at uOttawa in wake of Bastarache report Fallout from a report on academic freedom continues to swirl at the University of Ottawa with a group of active and retired professors saying the school hasn’t done enough to support academic freedom, while another group is circulating a petition complaining […]
CTV News Bishop’s University students, alumni erupt in protest over decades of sexual violence allegations Students at one of Canada’s supposed top “party schools” are holding their administration to account —and questioning whether that very “party” label is putting them in danger. National Post Colby Cosh: Carrie Bourassa’s evolving Indigenous identify a years-long con Newspapers […]
CTV News Former student says U of A knew of sex assault allegations against drama teacher A former student of a University of Alberta drama professor accused of sexually assaulting a teen actress says the school was aware of those allegations for more than a decade and did nothing. Global News Anonymous message near Bishop’s […]
CBC Ontario won’t challenge appeal decision on post-secondary student fees Province’s top court quashed Ford government’s appeal over controversial initiative in August. Hamilton Spectator Group calls for universities, institutions to stamp down Indigenous identity fraud Universities need to put a system in place that stops non-Indigenous people from claiming Indigeneity and taking the positions and […]
CTV News University of Calgary holds first in-person convocation since 2019 This year, students at the University of Calgary will be able to cross the stage at their convocation for the first time since COVID-19 hit in 2019. CBC News MUN to lift class capacity restrictions for winter semester University planning to have in-person class […]
Ottawa Citizen uOttawa professor in standoff with Twitter over ‘tar and feather’ post University of Ottawa law professor Amir Attaran remains in a standoff with Twitter over a post he believes offered fair criticism of government delays in vaccinating children, but that the platform has labelled “abusive.” Global News Unruly parties at University of Victoria […]
CBC News ‘It’s so disheartening’: three small Sudbury universities try to survive after being set adrift by Laurentian Three formerly federated universities ran on tuition money from Laurentian students. Globe and Mail University of Ottawa must protect academic freedom, says report A report on academic freedom at the University of Ottawa prompted in part by […]
CBC News International students especially eager for an end to University of Manitoba faculty strike Labour dispute leaves many in limbo, far from home while paying steep tuitions. CTV News ‘Brink of rioting’: Saanich police to introduce roadblocks, more patrols due to escalating UVic parties Saanich police say they’re upping enforcement at the University of […]
Globe and Mail Queen’s University launches process to verify claims to Indigenous identity Queen’s University is launching consultations on how to assess Indigenous identity claims in hiring, a first step in establishing what could be a national model for universities struggling to deal with allegations of identity fraud among their faculty. Burnaby Beacon Students call […]
CBC News Laurentian teams back in action after COVID-19, but playing in the shadow of the university’s financial crisis Laurentian cut its hockey and swim teams and closed its pool as part of financial restructuring. Times Colonist Hundreds gather at UVic for unruly parties, fireworks shot at crowd TV sets, pumpkins, bottles thrown from buildings, […]
CBC News Outrage brewing after U of S and CIHR support professor who falsely claimed to be Indigenous Carrie Bourassa offers no genealogical evidence that she is Métis, Anishnaabe and Tlingit, as she has claimed. MyPgNow Post-secondary schools feel COVID-19 testing would be hard to implement BC’s post-secondary schools have taken different approaches to COVID-19, […]
Globe and Mail Alberta postsecondary tuition increases highest in the country: Statscan Alberta has had the highest postsecondary tuition-fee increases in the country for the past two years, according to data from Statistics Canada. Maclean’s A Cree family’s canoe is returned, after sitting in a University of Saskatchewan storage room for years It was repatriated […]
CBC News Colleagues say acclaimed professor has no Indigenous roots Several colleagues of University of Saskatchewan Prof. Carrie Bourassa — the leading Indigenous health scientist in the country — say they’ve discovered she has a European genealogy and no Indigenous roots. CBC News University of Toronto pledges to divest from fossil fuels, run ‘climate positive’ […]
CBC News Infrastructure shortfall at Nova Scotia universities tops $1B Challenge facing universities ‘extraordinarily acute,’ says association executive Sault Star Opinion: Laurentian must keep its French-language programs ‘Our status as a bilingual university in a tricultural setting is a major strength and key attraction for students.’ Burnaby Beacon SFU students plan hunger strike to demand […]
CBC News Ontario university sports extremely white, from student athletes to coaches, report finds Research shows racialized staffers had notably different experience in path to hiring. National Post Workers Demand Better From the Nation’s Richest University Casual workers at the University of Toronto are seeking better treatment from the nation’s richest university as they head […]
Globe and Mail Opinion: Queen’s students: Kingston’s ‘educated idiots’ Times have changed. So, too, has the level and coarseness of student misbehaviour. Sault Star Enrolment jumps at Algoma University Enrolment at Algoma University’s three campuses is up significantly from last fall with more than 40 per cent of Algoma’s students coming from other countries. CBC […]
Hamilton Spectator U of T received formal complaints against ex-Trinity College provost accused of sexual harassment, but he wasn’t punished The University of Toronto received formal complaints on at least two occasions about former professor Andy Orchard alleging sexual advances and inappropriate touching of graduate students. Global News Queen’s student association says homecoming parties were […]
Timmins Press Université de Sudbury names Obonsawin chancellor Donald Obonsawin has been appointed as chancellor of the Université de Sudbury, the university announced Wednesday. CBC News Vaccines now mandatory at Holland College and UPEI ‘If you’re not vaccinated fully you can’t be on our campus’. Revelstroke Review Diversity still lacking at UBC Okanagan, say some […]
CTV News Sexual violence concerns persist as efforts to keep Western Students safe continue A rally Tuesday outside Western’s University Community Centre launched three days of events organized by the Western University Students’ Council. CTV News Union for U of M faculty votes to authorize a strike Members of the union representing more than 1,200 […]