Media Scan
CBC News University suspends trips to China amid RCMP probe into lab researchers The University of Manitoba is recommending faculty avoid unnecessary travel to China in light of an RCMP investigation involving two microbiology researchers. National Post Canadian Ebola drug inventors worked with Chinese firm but it was about saving lives, top biologist says A […]
CTV Vancouver Island News Feds announce $100M for Indigenous health at UVic The federal government announced what it calls the largest single investment in Indigenous health research at the University of Victoria Tuesday. Toronto Star B.C. researchers developing simulation that could predict and prevent mass shootings Karthik Vedantham and Andrew Park at Thompson Rivers University […]
CBC Manitoba University severs ties with researcher who was escorted out of National Microbiology Lab The University of Manitoba has cut ties with a researcher until an RCMP investigation is complete. Dr. Xiangguo Qiu is a medical doctor and virologist, and was an adjunct professor in the university’s department of medical microbiology. National Post Dismissal […]
CBC Edmonton Canada’s top researcher positions continue to lack diversity, U of A study finds Professors holding prestigious research roles at Canadian universities are still overwhelmingly white and male, despite diversity and inclusion initiatives, researchers say. CBC Montreal Suspension of Quebec graduate program leaves international students in limbo Two McGill University neuroscience PhDs looking for […]
National Post Indicted McGill professor was caught in broad, controversial U.S. dragnet of Chinese-background scientists Some prominent critics suggest America’s trade war with China has propelled police on a witch hunt against east-Asian researchers. Cape Breton Post CBU instructor fired after demanding sex, moose meat and lobster for better grades The student, who doesn’t want […]
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix U of Saskatchewan support workers overwhelmingly approve new deal CUPE Local 1975 members voted 97 per cent in favour of the new offer, which maintains a defined benefit pension plan. Kingston Whig-Standard Former Queen’s principal Hitchcock dies Karen Hitchcock, Queen’s University’s 18th principal and vice-chancellor, died on Wednesday at 76 after a long […]
Toronto Star Banning UBC from Pride Parade is a welcomed ‘kick in the pants,’ says transgender professor The Vancouver Pride Society’s decision to bar the University of British Columbia from participating in this year’s Pride parade is the “kick in the pants” that the institution needs, says transgender UBC professor Mary Ann Saunders. Toronto Star […]
Global News UBC barred from Vancouver Pride after hosting ‘transphobic’ speaker UBC hosted a speech titled “The Erosion of Freedom: How Transgender Politics in School and Society is Undermining Our Freedom and Harming Women & Children” by Jenn Smith on June 23. Ottawa Citizen A DNA kit from Guelph researchers can help identify food fraud […]
Globe and Mail Ottawa unveils plans to build $14.5-million climate-change research centre in PEI The Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation will “set the standard” for climate-change education across Canada and around the world, said Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay. London Free Press Western student council finds OSAP cuts hurt marginalized students most Western […]
National Post Opinion: Canadian universities have a viewpoint diversity problem. We should all be worried How can we trust scholarship to give us useful answers if there isn’t genuine intellectual debate, asks Trent University history professor. London Free Press Western plans launch of space exploration research institute Western University is shooting for the stars with […]
National Post ‘It just really ethically scares me’: Caution urged as scientists look to create human-monkey chimeras Some Alzheimer’s researchers are proposing the creation of human-monkey chimeras — part-human beings with entire portions of the brain entirely human derived. CBC News Study links trauma from residential schools to overrepresentation of Indigenous youth in care New […]
CBC Sudbury Laurentian University groups prepare for impact of student fee opt-outs Ontario students are now choosing which student fees they want to pay and that has campus newspapers and radio stations worried they could be on the chopping block. Globe and Mail Opinion: When hiring new grads, employers should ignore grade point average The […]
Globe and Mail Opinion: The biggest threat to Canada’s universities? The empathy gap University education should foster empathy – an essential human capacity needed for effective management and societal well-being, says Sara Diamond, president of OCAD University. Ottawa Citizen Hacker shuts down U of Ottawa student newspaper website Over a decade of student journalism was […]
Global News University of Lethbridge updates sexual violence policy The university has approved a newly revised sexual violence policy. The last policy was created in 2016 with a commitment to future reviews, such as the one that was recently conducted. London Free Press Western University offers retirement buyouts to about 320 senior faculty Western is […]
Globe and Mail OCAD U’s new waterfront campus shows off benefits of collaboration Beyond its minimalist, flexible spaces, the new campus offers a lesson in the value of collaboration on design. Global News University of Lethbridge to formally recognize its place on Indigenous territory The university is taking new steps to honour the traditional territory […]
CBC Nova Scotia EI program changes leaves hundreds of postsecondary students without funds Many postsecondary students in Nova Scotia are scrambling to find enough money to go back to school after the federal government requested a change to a program that allows people to draw employment insurance benefits while studying. Toronto Star Protesters detained at […]
CBC News Slow out of the gate, university grads fare better than other Canadians: study It takes longer for young people to get established in their careers, but a university degree is still worthwhile. Globe and Mail Ontario students dismayed by cuts to financial aid Thousands of postsecondary students found out this week what Ontario […]
CBC Windsor Twitter outrage: Students react to OSAP cuts This week, many students found that their estimated funding under the Ontario Student Assistance Program will be significantly less than they’ve received in previous years. CBC News New tentative contract for Canada’s scientists would enshrine right to speak to media A tentative agreement reached between the Trudeau […]
Toronto Star Post-secondary students get the bad news about their OSAP grants Post-secondary student anger crested on Wednesday as Ontarians who receive financial assistance discovered how the Ford government’s sweeping changes would affect them. Global News UBC the 51st best university globally according to 2020 QS world rankings The University of British Columbia has been […]
Ottawa Citizen Western University apologizes for ‘unacceptable’ convocation remarks A southern Ontario university and a Canadian musician have apologized for what they call unacceptable and inappropriate remarks made at a convocation ceremony. CTV News ‘Numerous bomb threats’ made to post-secondary schools throughout Toronto Toronto police say they are responding to “numerous bomb threats” made to […]