Montreal Gazette
McGill professor introducing Canada’s slave history at Harvard
Charmaine Nelson will be teaching about the black diaspora as the William Lyon Mackenzie King Chair for Canadian Studies.
Globe and Mail
New co-op programs blur the lines between academics and industry
Difficult as they may be, such collaborations between universities and corporate partners are likely to grow in the coming years.
CBC
Foreign students flock to Canada as government struggles to get grads to stay
The steady upswing in foreign applicants began several years ago, then started to spike after the U.S. presidential election in 2016.
Globe and Mail
Opinion: Tuition waivers pave way for brighter future in British Columbia
The announcement of provincewide tuition waivers is a game-changer, write Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond and Ralph Nilson.
Ottawa Citizen
Carleton’s interim president pledges greater transparency: ‘Anyone can … challenge whatever they like’
Three things about Alastair Summerlee, a biomedical researcher and veteran university administrator who will be leading Carleton University for the next 10 months.
Globe and Mail
Emily Carr’s new home becomes a catalyst for urban renewal
The new campus, nearly 290,000 square feet and stretching almost two blocks, will reshape a largely undeveloped area on Vancouver’s east side.
CBC
Phoenix payroll fiasco affecting 3 in 10 federal student workers
Almost 30 per cent of students who were on the government’s payroll are experiencing trouble with their wages due to the disastrous Phoenix system, according to documents obtained by Radio-Canada.
CBC
Laurentian faculty union threatens strike if talks don’t go well
Members of the Laurentian University Faculty Association haven’t had a contract since June 30.
Toronto Star
Her only hope of escaping a Kenyan refugee camp? A Canadian scholarship competition
For 20-year-old Ayan Abdi, the only hope of escaping a lifetime in the world’s largest refugee camp was winning a generous scholarship from the World University Service of Canada.