Globe and Mail
Your rights, my rights: Academic freedom faces off with a clarion call for safety on campus
At UBC, John Ibbitson explores the clash of ideas between a diverse student body, free-speech advocates, professors caught up in controversy and the influence of private money.
Toronto Star
Alma Kocialek, 89, set to be oldest university graduate in Toronto
‘I decided I’d just get up . . . do something with my life,’ says a York student about to don a gap and gown.
CBC
Audio: Appropriation on campus: Illustration leads to reconciliation between student association, Haida First Nation
For graduate student Severn Cullis-Suzuki, a conversation around appropriation speaks to her view of reconciliation as a whole.
CBC
Ontario announces $127M for new university campus in Markham
The campus, to be part of York University, is to accommodate 4,000 students and is set to open in 2021.
CBC
New ‘social’ lab focuses on retaining and attracting immigrants in N.B.
A new lab at the Pond-Deshpande Centre is focusing on creating solutions to retain and attract immigrants.
Globe and Mail
Liberals examining how to better target youth jobs programs: Hajdu
Labour Minister Patty Hajdu says she is taking a sweeping look at the country’s youth employment strategy to better target help to those who need it most.
Peteroborough Examiner
Former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin receives honorary degree from Trent University
The time has come for indigenous and non-indigenous people to start working together, former prime minister Paul Martin said on Friday morning.