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Telegram N.L. government funds pilot employment programs for international students Advanced Education, Skills and Labour Minister Al Hawkins announced more than $392,000 in funding for the programs on Tuesday. CBC ‘Open texts’ keeping cost of books down at UWindsor The University of Windsor is being recognized for its efforts to bring down cost of pricey […]

Maclean’s Supporting Indigenous students on campus: Finding the best approach For First Nations, Metis and Inuit students to find academic success, schools need to rework their programs, curricula and campus cultures. Ottawa Citizen A continuum of unabated violence: Remembering the massacre at Ecole Polytechnique Parliament officially created the day of remembrance and actionin 1991 to […]

Ottawa Citizen Most researchers still don’t get the fake science problem, expert says That’s why the thousands of shady journals keep getting customers who will pay to have their research papers published, even if the journal isn’t legitimate, says Dr. David Moher. CBC Time to help — not punish — pregnant university students, Ottawa woman […]

Ottawa Citizen Polytechnique presents scholarship in honour of Montreal massacre victims Ella Thomson, an electrical engineering graduate of the University of Manitoba, has won the Order of the White Rose scholarship. CBC University sexual harassment victim kept in dark over whether professor was punished School policies across Canada fall short on transparency, victims and advocates […]

Edmonton Journal Alberta tuition freeze continues next year, government commits $17 million in backfill Advanced Education Minister Marlin Schmidt said Thursday the freeze applies to 20 public post-secondary institutions and will apply to apprenticeship tuition. Montreal Gazette International students see more opportunity in Montreal, but most leave Reasons include immigration issues, higher salaries or better […]

Globe and Mail Census 2016: Canadians, including recent immigrants, are among most educated in the world Canada’s labour force is increasingly reliant on well-educated immigrants who are enjoying employment rates that are broadly in line with the national average. Telegram Memorial University orders sexual harassment probe at med school The university is calling in an […]

CBC Facebook teams up with Ryerson to take its battle against ‘fake news’ to the startup world Five startups from across Canada that ‘drive innovation for journalism’ will be funded. Kingston Whig-Standard Queen’s principal announces he will not seek third term Daniel Woolf says he came to the decision “both by a sense that the […]

Vancouver Sun UBC looking to raise $100 million for students The University of British Columbia is hoping to raise $100 million for student awards, scholarships and bursaries over the next three years. Montreal Gazette McGill aims to become carbon neutral by 2040 As part of its commitment to sustainability, the university will upgrade the energy […]

Globe and Mail Free speech protest at Wilfrid Laurier University caps turbulent week Attendees of the protest surrounded master’s student Lindsay Shepherd after she spoke. Many simply wanted to take selfies with her and their signs, whether home-made or printed with the slogan “I Stand with Lindsay.” CBC Listening is the key to Indigenous education, […]

CBC Western University president Amit Chakma will not seek another term Dr. Chakma announced Thursday he will not be seeking a third term, and intends to leave his position by the end of June of 2019. CTV ‘Freedom of expression’ should not be ‘threatening’: Laurier University president The university will be creating a taskforce to […]

CBC UVic’s Indigenous governance program under 3rd-party probe A review of the program was launched under university’s discrimination and harassment policy. Ottawa Citizen ‘It’s OK To Be White’ posters too ‘divisive’ for Regina University, could be considered vandalism The University of Regina says it is removing posters on campus that contain the message “It’s OKAY […]

Inside Higher Ed The Interrogation of a TA Wilfrid Laurier University’s president has apologized after a recording revealed how a graduate student was questioned by faculty over use of a video of debate on nontraditional pronouns. Guelph Mercury Tribune Opinion: Neither Wilfrid Laurier University’s methods nor teaching assistant’s debate helped trans people The actions come […]

Nunatsiaq Online Finland’s ULapland offers glimpse of an Arctic university Nunavut is working towards a Nunavut-based university, but it would take a while to catch up with ULapland and the other Arctic Five universities. Saskatoon StarPhoenix Province reversed College of Medicine funding cut after university made case for more money The Saskatchewan Party government reversed […]

Times Higher Education Canada urged to boost outbound student mobility A report from the Study Group on Global Education calls for a quarter of Canadian students to study abroad within 10 years. CTV Concordia pilot program teaches entrepreneurship to First Nations youth A three-day Concordia University pilot program is giving First Nations youth from across […]

National Post Quebec bill looks at intimate relationships between students and professors Quebec universities are reviewing their sexual-violence policies following the introduction of a provincial bill that would require them to develop guidelines for intimate relationships between students and faculty. Globe and Mail Canadian university degrees still highly valued by employers worldwide: survey Five Canadian […]

Globe and Mail Are faculty prepared for growing numbers of online learners? Online courses are available in almost all subject areas and that two-thirds of Canada’s universities and colleges see online learning as very, or extremely, important to their future endeavours, according to a recent report on digital learning in Canada. CBC Hassan Diab’s wife […]

CBC More than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries issue ‘warning to humanity’ An open letter published in BioScience warns humanity that we need to change our behaviours in order to protect the planet. CBC University of Toronto professor says controversial website ‘on hiatus’ Jordan Peterson says he’s halted plans to launch a website to expose […]

Globe and Mail Fate of Atlantic university football championship game still up in the air After a day of legal skirmishes that unfolded in courtrooms in both Ontario and Nova Scotia, a decision on whether the Loney Bowl will be played this season remains in limbo. CBC Audio: U of T profs alarmed by Jordan […]

Global News Video: Meet UOIT’s new president Steven Murphy, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology’s incoming president in March 2018, talks about his goals, including his plan to help more students find jobs in Durham. Globe and Mail UBC releases draft of freedom-of-expression statement, asks for feedback A day after saying it would not […]

CTV Arctic climate research lab funding renewed for two more years: Duncan Science Minister Kirsty Duncan says $1.6 million will be provided to keep the Polar Environmental Atmospheric Research Laboratory, or PEARL, running until the fall of 2019. CBC Memorial teepee honours Indigenous veterans across Turtle Island Standing front and centre at the First Nations […]