Media Scan

March 12, 2010

Globe & Mail

Innovation is our hidden deficit

What would it take for Canada to be an innovative economy for the 21st century?

Cbc.ca

First Nations University won't get money

A delegation from First Nations University of Canada has been told Ottawa won't restore $7 million in annual funding to the struggling Saskatchewan-based institution.

The Guardian

Students concerned federal efforts to slay deficit could mean cuts to post-secondary education

University students meeting in Ottawa this week say they don’t want the federal government to balance its books on the backs of post-secondary education.

The Hamilton Spectator

Heart centre pumps up industrial core

New $100m cardiac research facility will improve lives around the world.

The StarPhoenix

College pranks now have rules

The rivalry between University of Saskatchewan engineering and agricultural students is legendary, their pranks more so.

The StarPhoenix

Column: The clock ticking for First Nations University

The chiefs of Saskatchewan have done the right thing by taking a few steps back in order to save an important institution.

The StarPhoenix

Scholarships paid: FNUC head

The man in charge at the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) said Thursday scholarships were paid by the institution and no one enriched themselves by using scholarship money.

Ottawa Citizen

Column: Canada needs to own the podium on productivity

Canada's productivity gap has confounded economists for years.

March 11, 2010

Toronto Star

Ont. speech from the throne: McGuinty focuses on China and India

McGuinty wants to sell more natural resources overseas and attract more overseas students to Ontario. The market for both is in China and India.

The Daily Gleaner

University of New Brunswick plans to cut 9 jobs

Budget to go to board for approval in April.

Calgary Herald

Millions in federal grants at risk, U of Calgary warned

Researchers told to better account for spending.

Vancouver Sun

Column: Conditions ripe for major aboriginal uprising

Young first nations people are largely poor, uneducated, prone to crime and live near vulnerable resource areas, ex-Forces officer argues.

The Leader-Post

Editorial: Room for guarded optimism on First Nations University

In Brief: There's a long way to go in restructuring First Nations University, but the future is looking a little brighter.

Ottawa Citizen

No longer the great white north

This week Statistics Canada confirmed what every Canadian has long recognized: The country is becoming less white.

March 10, 2010

The Leader-Post

Lobbying gets underway: First Nations University of Canada

Armed with plane tickets supplied by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), luggage and steadfast determination -- a student and a teacher from the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) -- are hoping to rally national support for their university.

The Leader-Post

Chiefs agree to restructure First Nations University of Canada

New arrangement would increase role for the University of Regina.

Calgary Herald

New research could give Canada advantage in Arctic

Just days after the Conservative government's throne speech pledged to resolve several outstanding Arctic territorial disputes, polar experts have revealed an unexpected twist in the long-running disagreement over the Canada-U.S. border in the southern Beaufort Sea.

Toronto Sun

Critics see downside to courting foreign students

Australia’s success in turning international students into a $14-billion cash cow may be fading just as Ontario tries to copy the practice.

Winnipeg Free Press

Funding faith-based colleges

The difficulty in debating public financial support for private universities and colleges in Manitoba lies in the murky history to that funding.

Globe & Mail

A lesson in courting foreign students

As Ontario prepares to open up its education market, it should consider the Australian experience.

Globe & Mail

Budget deep freeze will lead to end of climate research lab

Critics say end to funding indicates Tories' skepticism of climate-change science.

March 9, 2010

Calgary Herald

Letter from 13 university presidents asking for a boost for higher education

The federal government's 2010 budget has struck a difficult balance in difficult times.

Waterloo Region Record

Now we need McGuinty’s action plan

Dalton McGuinty may know Ontario’s needs — but in the wake of his government’s throne speech it is an open question whether he can meet them.

The St. Catharines Standard

Benefits for Brock in the federal budget

The good work of universities and their researchers will benefit from budget increases for Canada's three major federal researching granting councils.

The Leader-Post

Justice to review First Nations University spending decisions

Advanced Education Minister Rob Norris has asked the Ministry of Justice to investigate what he called the "unacceptable" use of nearly $400,000 drained from a scholarship fund at the First Nations University of Canada.

Toronto Star

No big cuts in Ontario throne speech, despite deficit

Ontario to create 20,000 post-secondary spaces as premier declares, 'We won't compromise future'.

Waterloo Region Record

University of Waterloo to coordinate diabetes research network

The University of Waterloo will be the hub of a world-class network for diabetes research.

Edmonton Journal

Column: Cuts to higher education a losing strategy

South Korea touted as proof of dividends paid by generous funding.

Cbc.ca

Ont. throne speech promises 'foundation for growth'

Ontario's Liberal government will start its new legislative session with an ambitious five-year plan to create jobs, balance the budget, rein in health-care costs, and attract more foreign students.

March 8, 2010

Globe & Mail

Q&A with Guy Lonechild

Saskatchewan chief talks with Patrick White about his uphill battle persuading province's natives to accept planned reforms to First Nations University.

Ottawa Citizen

Students get with the concept of green design

Contest offers up science and tech museum as test subject for innovation, sustainability.

New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal

What is the purpose of N.B.'s universities?

Most universities in Canada are spread very thin. Should they do everything, or should they limit themselves to areas where they may have some advantages? Are there things that they do well, and should they concentrate on them - or should they be all things to all people?

Times Colonist

Improving economy boosts staff demands

Last year's recession appears to have caused only a temporary dip in demand for engineers across Canada.

Winnipeg Free Press

Opening the door?

Did the provincial government set a precedent for providing capital grants to private schools by giving Canadian Mennonite University a $150,000 capital grant last summer?

Canwest News Service

A glowing future: Demand for nuclear engineers heats up

A few classes in Grade 12 physics was enough to convince Jeffrey Hunt where his career would lie. He was so fascinated by the power of electrons, protons and neutrons that he decided to become a nuclear engineer.

Hamilton Spectator

Foreign students, we need you

Ontario makes money on non-Canadians and wants more to help pay debt.