Globe and Mail
Census 2016: Canadians, including recent immigrants, are among most educated in the world
Canada’s labour force is increasingly reliant on well-educated immigrants who are enjoying employment rates that are broadly in line with the national average.
Telegram
Memorial University orders sexual harassment probe at med school
The university is calling in an outside investigator amid allegations of sexual harassment at its medical school.
Times Colonist
Royal Roads seeks new president; Cahoon plans to return to teaching
It’s expected the new president and vice-chancellor will be named in the spring and installed in January 2019, at which point Cahoon will return to teaching.
CBC
New Mulroney Institute is bankrolled by billionaires steeped in scandal
The institute got a good chunk of its financing from donors embroiled in international controversy, a joint investigation by CBC/Radio-Canada and the Toronto Star has found.
Globe and Mail
Opinion: Canada’s troubling downward trend in work-force skills
Despite more Canadians obtaining a postsecondary education between 2003 and 2012, literacy and numeracy skills have slid, writes Parisa Mahboubi, senior policy analyst at the C.D. Howe Institute.