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Headlines for October 25, 2024

BY CARA GORDON | OCT 25 2024

The Tyee
Analysis: Higher Ed in Canada is a Story of Demographic Change
Post-secondaries reflect wider social trends.

The Globe and Mail
Opinion: As Canada cuts immigration numbers, we must also select better immigrants
As these lower immigration targets are being implemented, it will be crucial that governments prioritize high-skilled applicants, writes Christopher Worswick.

The Montreal Gazette
Analysis: CAQ government subsidizes students from France while Quebec universities struggle
Quebec taxpayers spent $865 million over the past five years to provide a discounted university education to students from France.

The Globe and Mail
Skill shortages pose challenges for Canada’s clean energy targets
The development of clean-energy solutions requires highly trained professionals with niche skills, while the rollout of that infrastructure depends on skilled tradespeople, a sector that is currently grappling with a worker shortage.

McMaster University Daily News
McMaster names next president
Dr. Susan Tighe has been McMaster’s provost and vice-president (Academic) since 2020 and previously served as the deputy provost and associate vice-president Integrated Planning and Budgeting at the University of Waterloo.

 

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