Media Scan
Toronto Sun Court rejects request for injunction against McGill encampment Pro-Palestinian activists who have pitched their tents on the McGill University campus scored a legal victory on Wednesday when a Quebec judge rejected a request for an injunction to stop their protest. Montreal Gazette McGill Jewish groups plan counter-protest Several Jewish organizations are planning a […]
CTV News McGill students demand injunction to limit where protesters can go A judge is expected to render a decision Wednesday morning on whether the pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University can stay or not. Global News Pro-Palestinian encampment is “situation for McGill to try and manage,” attorney general says Attorney General Arif Virani reacted Tuesday […]
Ottawa Citizen International students will be allowed to work 24 hours a week starting in September There are no limits on the number of hours international students can work when school is on break during the summer and during winter holidays. Global News Gaza protests: McGill Pro-Palestinian demonstrations spread to UBC, uOttawa While anger about […]
CTV News Queen’s University names award-winning journalist Shelagh Rogers as next chancellor Queen’s University says renowned Canadian broadcaster and alumna, Shelagh Rogers will serve as its 16th chancellor starting July 1. CBC News Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampment at McGill University Protesters in Montreal set up an encampment in support of Palestinians on McGill University […]
CBC News Reduced hours, cut services at U of A sexual assault centre harms survivors, advocates say Students and former staff with the University of Alberta’s sexual assault centre are calling for a full resumption of operations to ensure sexual assault survivors have access to the crisis and education services they did before last November. […]
The Gazette McGill law professors launch unlimited strike The Association of McGill Professors of Law is seeking “protection against arbitrary decisions that would affect their career.” Maclean’s The Power List: Education The people shaping the Canadian classrooms of today and tomorrow. CBC News How this med school is trying solve the family doctor shortage Canada […]
Globe and Mail Universities say budget’s science funding will help retain researchers The federal government announced a major financial commitment to graduate students and scientific infrastructure in this week’s budget that university leaders say will help stem a brain drain and allow them to retain and attract talented young researchers. CTV News ‘Unproductive day at […]
CBC News N.S. post-secondary students graduate with among the highest debt: Statistics Canada In 2020, bachelor’s degree students graduated with an average debt load of $39,100 CBC News MUN faculty pushing back against vote to hire private headhunting firm in search of school’s next president Selection committee says MUN staff don’t have the capacity, expertise […]
Times Colonist Canadian university teachers fear Alberta gatekeeping bill threatens academic freedom A national organization of post-secondary teachers is calling on Alberta to either change a proposed gatekeeping bill or scrap it altogether. CBC News Profs call Ford government bill ‘political interference’ on campus Legislation would give minister of colleges and universities sweeping powers over […]
CTV News New survey finds Canadians can’t cope with increasing numbers of international students A new online survey done out of Toronto shows Canadians believe there are too many international students, which has directly correlated with issues like housing. Times Higher Education Canadian budget pledges major investment in research and students After flat research funding […]
Edmonton Journal Opinion: UCP’s Bill 18 politicizes post-secondary research in Alberta Bill 18 represents the overt politicization of research at post-secondaries across Alberta. CTV News Budget 2024 ‘likely to be the worst’ in decades, former BoC governor says Without having seen it, former Bank of Canada governor David Dodge believes that Tuesday’s 2024 federal budget […]
CBC News Goal to improve student mental health the focus of 40 recommendations in new University of Guelph report School’s president says she hopes campus community will ‘hold us accountable.’ Toronto Star Frustrations mount among York University students as strike drags on: ‘We don’t know where things are going’ It’s been seven weeks since more […]
CTV News Accusations fly as Western U teaching assistant strike begins Two thousand teaching assistants, members of Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Local 610, are picketing at multiple entrances to campus. Global News Accusations fly as Western U teaching assistant strike begins Incoming legislation that requires provincial approval of direct agreements with the federal […]
Globe and Mail Universities ask federal government for additional funding in upcoming budget Canadian universities are asking the federal government to commit as much as $6-billion in additional funding for research over the next five years in next week’s budget. Global News Ottawa’s cap is a ‘reallocation’ of international students. Which provinces will gain? Ottawa’s […]
CBC News N.L. expecting 10% increase to undergraduate international student permits under new cap Ottawa-imposed limit restricts big bump in potential approvals. CBC News Ottawa eases requirements for international students, but N.B. schools say not enough Change comes after ‘much lobbying’ of the federal government, says Ryan Sullivan of St. Thomas University. Toronto Star ‘It’s […]
CBC News Manitoba ‘collateral damage’ under Ottawa’s international student cap, minister says ‘Our public institutions will be as close to whole as possible,’ says Renée Cable. CBC News Alberta expected to welcome more international students, as other provinces see cuts Ottawa expected to approve two thousand more study permits for Alberta in 2024 than it […]
Peterborough Examiner Immigration minister reveals Ontario’s drop in incoming international students More than two months after announcing a plan to rein in international enrolment growth, Immigration Minister Marc Miller released provincial figures, with Ontario dropping the most. CBC News Trudeau announces $2.4 billion for AI-related investments Spending commitment unveiled Sunday latest in string of pre-budget […]
Niagara Falls Review Time for Dalhousie to divest from fossil fuels, student protestors say A group of Dalhousie students has a message for their university’s administration: Get out of oil. CBC News B.C. establishing ‘first of its kind’ fire centre in Kamloops Thompson Rivers University program being developed this year, courses offered from 2025, premier […]
CTV News Alberta announces funding for rural medical training The Government of Alberta has come up with a new plan to attract doctors to rural communities. CBC News New medical school at York University to open in 2028 Interim president says tuition increase was necessary to support the university’s ‘substantial’ growth. CBC News Queen’s introducing […]
Global News Alberta team building maps that show health impacts of climate change A University of Alberta research team is creating maps that will show how different regions are impacted by climate change health hazards. CBC News ‘The land of nobody’: Calgary researchers study gaps in mental health services for international students International students with […]