Media Scan

CBC Federal budget 2017: What Indigenous groups are looking for First Nations, Inuit and Métis groups seek significant increases in funding for housing, education, health. CBC Trump’s travel bans and cuts to science could create a Canadian brain gain U.S. budget director Mick Mulvaney’s planned cuts to climate change research and to the National Institutes […]

Globe and Mail Study shows the power of entrepreneurship training programs for women, minorities Entrepreneurship programs have a more profound benefit for women and minorities than Caucasian men, according to research by Laurina Zhang at Western’s Ivey Business School. Ottawa Citizen Opinion: What researchers should do about those fake science journals We’ve just published the […]

iPolitics Student groups want Liberals to honour $50M promise to Indigenous Canadians Student leaders want next week’s federal budget to finally deliver on a key 2015 Liberal election promise to fully fund post-secondary education for Indigenous Canadians. TheObserver.ca Subway seeking $210-million in lawsuit against CBC after ‘factually incorrect’ chicken report The report came to those […]

Saskatoon StarPhoenix U of S may admit more low-income medical students The University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine hopes to start reserving spots for students who come from less fortunate socio-economic backgrounds. CBC Funding needed to avert ‘death blow’ to Inuit language in Nunavut, academics say Education researchers are calling for government funding to train […]

Maclean’s New OSAP rules mean ‘free’ tuition for mature students Students applying to college and university for the September 2017 semester will be the first to benefit from the new OSAP. Globe and Mail Ottawa threatened to pull research project over health-care dispute: Manitoba Premier “A threat was made to renege on a previous commitment […]

Toronto Star Ryerson University applies to expand campus to Brampton Ryerson – in partnership with Sheridan College – is the sole university to have submitted a formal expression of interest in expanding to Brampton. CBC University of Guelph hackathon yields new ideas for tackling campus mental health The winning idea, “Guelph Cares,” connects students in […]

Globe and Mail McGill hazing incident reveals university ban’s shortcomings A student says he was forced to take part in a booze-soaked hazing ritual by the basketball team, a violation of McGill’s assurances of a “hazing-free environment.” Globe and Mail When student loans step on your dreams “All the advice was: ‘You’d make a good professor,’ […]

CBC University of Alberta student makes impassioned speech about Islamophobia in House of Commons Srosh Hassan received a standing ovation in the House of Commons earlier this week following her impassioned speech denouncing Islamophobia in Canada. Globe and Mail Concordia University caught on the wrong side of copyright By Tuesday afternoon, two links to the […]

Globe and Mail Canada to make skilled-worker permits easier to get in wake of U.S. delays As the U.S. border tightens, the federal government is launching a new stream of its temporary foreign worker program to entice highly skilled workers to come to Canada. Montreal Gazette Judge to rule Friday in Concordia University bomb threat […]

Toronto Star U of T aims to attract more black med students University of Toronto’s faculty of medicine launches a new application program to boost enrolment and reflect the diverse population. Saskatoon StarPhoenix Indigenous doctor numbers growing Seventy-one indigenous doctors have graduated from the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan since 1972. CBC […]

Times Higher Education International Women’s Day: universities must work together to tackle inequality Institutions with ideas for promoting gender equality should not keep them to themselves, says Kate Williams. Washington Post Universities in the U.S. respond to new executive order on immigration with concern University leaders in the United States greeted President Trump’s revised executive […]

Globe and Mail Opinion: Trump immigration ban ushers in an age of academic darkness As Canadian Muslim scholars, political upheaval in the U.S. has forced us to pull out of professional conferences, write UTSC professors Aisha Ahmad and Minelle Mahtani. Hamilton Spectator Superbugs set to meet their match thanks to Mac research Mac researchers find […]

Globe and Mail As students move away from the humanities, universities adapt As data from Statistics Canada analyzed by The Globe and Mail reveal, there is no sign that the lack of interest in the humanities will reverse. CBC Liberals look at making skilled immigrant loans pilot project permanent Qualified professional newcomers face a big […]

Edmonton Journal Province to hire outside consultant to review Alberta university and college funding Their assessment will form part of a final report to government that will shape how universities and colleges are funded in the future. CBC Minister pressed on why credit checks are necessary for ‘free tuition’ New Brunswick’s postsecondary education minister has […]

The Concordian Bomb threat at Concordia University Buildings on Concordia’s campus were evacuated due to a letter threatening Muslim students on March 1. CBC Neuroscientist named president of MacEwan University ‘I am excited to join such an innovative and unique institution,’ Deborah Saucier says of her new role. CBC Police investigating after York U reports […]

Globe and Mail York University selects provost Rhonda Lenton as new president After a year-long search, York University has chosen provost Rhonda Lenton, a senior administrator with a PhD in sociology, as its new president and vice-chancellor. Toronto Star Ontario extends immigration application deadline after website crashes The province has revised the submission deadline for […]

CBC ‘Hateful’ and sexual mass emails targeting Moncton student originated outside country RCMP are seeking a person of interest after three emails containing sexual images sent to about 1,000 students and professors. CBC Free tuition program for low-income students falls far below target Some 2,000 fewer students took advantage of new program than the New […]

CBC New tuition bursary program will keep province competitive, says minister The program will help more New Brunswickers get a postsecondary education and keep the province’s universities and colleges competitive, said Don Arseneault. National Post How will Ottawa spur innovation in Canada? Here’s 15 ideas Trudeau’s cabinet is almost certain to consider As PM Justin […]

Globe and Mail Supreme Court to hear appeals about Trinity Western University law school The Ontario and British Columbia cases, which pit religious freedom against equality rights, are now before the country’s top court. Global News New Brunswick announces tuition assistance for middle class families Amid criticisms of overspending, Premier Brian Gallant announced more funding […]

CBC UPEI extends semester to make up for storm days UPEI’s senate has voted to extend the current university semester by adding three more optional teaching days. Calgary Herald Anti-Semitic posters litter University of Calgary campus Posters questioning the Holocaust are the latest signs condemned as hate-mongering to appear on the University of Calgary campus. […]