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Global TV Ford government plan would make student fees to support accessibility on some campuses optional Global News has learned some postsecondary institutions in the province are giving students the option of opting out of programs that help those with accessibility issues and disabilities. The news comes after the Ontario government loosened rules surrounding student […]
CBC Fire hazards: ‘A serious issue’ at student rooming houses near York University Rooming houses are not permitted in North York, but that hasn’t stopped landlords from renting rooms to students that often lack windows, solid doors and carbon monoxide detectors. CBC Chinese officials pressured Concordia University to cancel event with Uighur activist Chinese officials […]
CBC Canadian researchers who taught AI to learn like humans win $1M Turing Award Yoshua Bengio of U de Montréal, Geoffrey Hinton of U of T and Yann LeCun of NYU have won the world’s top award in computer science for developing the ability of computers to learn like humans. CTV News UVic student protest […]
Toronto Star U of T receives $100-million gift for artificial intelligence and biomedicine complex, the school’s largest-ever donation The donation from the Gerald Schwartz and Heather Reisman Foundation is the largest-ever in the university’s history. CBC Laurentian University to eliminate $10M in spending to balance budget Laurentian University plans to balance its books for 2019-2020 […]
CBC U of O alert system a let-down during van rampage, students say Some University of Ottawa students are demanding to know why they weren’t immediately warned by administrators. Montreal Gazette Sexual misconduct on campus: Concordia students call for change of climate A report made 13 recommendations, including that the university should prohibit professors from […]
CBC Work underway to address sexual violence after university survey Postsecondary students across Ontario took a survey on sexual violence and harassment. The province is requiring schools to review their sexual violence policies by September. Ottawa Citizen Three sent to hospital after assault at Brock University, police say Police say two people were stabbed and […]
Globe and Mail Federal budget 2019: Universities applaud new funding The budget includes new funding for work-integrated learning, a reduction in the interest charged on student loans, and a new building for the country’s first Northern University. Ottawa Citizen More than 4,000 university and college students in Ottawa say they were sexually assaulted last year […]
CBC Budget 2019: Liberals add $4.5B for Indigenous services as reconciliation effort continues Fully a quarter of new spending in Budget 2019 is earmarked for Indigenous services. CBC St. Francis Xavier president won’t serve second term Kent MacDonald, a New Glasgow native who has held the position for five years, announced Tuesday he will vacate […]
Globe and Mail Federal budget 2019: Five things to watch for today Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are expected to lay out big spending promises ahead of this fall’s federal election. Here’s what you need to know. Globe and Mail Low productivity a drag on Quebec’s economy, Université de Montréal study finds Despite low unemployment and a […]
Edmonton Journal University of Alberta president David Turpin leaving in June 2020 It was the “highlight of his academic career,” but University of Alberta president David Turpin is giving up the institution’s top job when his term is up next year. Globe and Mail U.S. college bribery scandal unlikely in Canada, but well-off families, students […]
Ottawa Citizen Feds eye special skills-training savings account as part of budget: source The Liberals plan to create a skills-training savings account for adults modelled on one in Singapore, a government source told the Canadian Press. CBC UNB’s new president focused on mature students, deficit, workplace skills The new president of the University of New […]
London Free Press Federal funding boost ‘dream come true’ for researchers A boost in federal funding announced Wednesday not only means more money for researchers to pay for their studies and lab equipment, but more funding security. CBC New northern polytechnic university up for discussion in Inuvik The Northwest Territories government announced plans in October […]
Ottawa Citizen Former uOttawa valedictorian identified as victim in Ethiopian Airlines crash A University of Ottawa graduate “living her dream of helping people” through her work with the United Nations was among the dead in the Ethiopian Airlines crash Sunday. CTV News Carleton University mourns alumni Peter DeMarsh after Ethiopian Airlines crash Carleton University confirmed […]
CTV N.B. man, two Dalhousie grads among victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash A New Brunswick forestry advocate and two recent Dalhousie University graduates were among those who were killed in a devastating plane crash in Ethiopia that claimed the lives of 18 Canadians. CBC ‘We have a duty to students’: RSU working to rebrand following […]
Ottawa Citizen Mother, daughter from Edmonton, Carleton prof among 18 Canadians killed in Ethiopian plane crash A renowned Carleton University professor was among the 18 Canadians who died Sunday when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 aboard. Global U of R president to be honoured with YWCA lifetime achievement award […]
Globe and Mail ‘You can’t be what you can’t see’ How do you increase the number of women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics? Toronto-based photographer Natalia Dolan asked female leaders in these fields to weigh in. Toronto Star Help my community or pay my debts? Rising law school costs force more young lawyers […]
National Post How foreign companies use Canada’s universities to steal away huge chunks of intellectual property Lax rules around university R&D programs are doing more to benefit foreign multinationals than Canada. Regina Leader-Post FNUniv president Dockstator moving on after five years on the job With his first term as president of the First Nations University […]
Sackville Tribune-Post Mount Allison researchers hoping to get insiders’ view into cannabis use on campus Their study will collect students’ perceptions on pot, why they use, how it affects them. Whig-Standard Partnership gives Queen’s entrepreneurs access to space in Toronto A new partnership with the University of Toronto startup initiative will allow Queen’s University entrepreneurs […]
CBC SMU students vent over school’s decision to stay open amid storm Plenty of schools and businesses in Nova Scotia decided to close on Monday because of a winter storm, but not Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. CBC More student jobs: Calgary council votes to restore summer hiring program Calgary city council has voted to […]
Globe and Mail In a shift on Canadian campuses driven by Trump policies, Indian students now outnumber Chinese Chinese students have been supplanted as the biggest foreign nationality on campuses across the country by students from India. CTV Carleton University testing Bluetooth navigation to help students with accessibility issues Carleton is launching a new pilot […]