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Global News Uvic campus party raises questions about safety A huge party at the University of Victoria is raising questions about a lack of COVID-19 restrictions, as students head back to school. CTV News Four major charges laid after massive 4,000 person party throughout Kingston’s University District Kingston bylaw says four people are facing minimum […]
CBC Laurentian students return to campus hopeful for a more normal year Julia Brady is entering her second year as a Laurentian University student, but in many ways this fall is her fresh start. Brady spent last year living at home in Ottawa while she attended online classes. CBC UWindsor researchers land $500K federal grant […]
CTV News McGill students protest university’s decision to not require proof of COVID-19 vaccination As McGill University starts classes for the fall semester, members of the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) opted for the front lawn over the classroom to protest the school’s decision not to require proof of COVID-19 vaccination to be on […]
Global News No polling stations at Manitoba post-secondary schools: Elections Canada The president of Manitoba’s largest university students’ union says he’s disappointed post-secondary students won’t have access to polling stations on campus during next month’s federal election, but he understands this isn’t a normal election year. The Toronto Star Other countries are investing in young […]
Peterborough Examiner Trent University student tests positive for COVID-19 A Trent University student has tested positive for COVID-19 in the first case of the virus at the Peterborough campus since about May. The PIE News Gen Z career aspirations “radically altered” by pandemic – INTO survey Some 55% of under 25s surveyed by international education […]
CBC Your student voting questions answered Sanjay Jeram, a senior lecturer in the political science department at Simon Fraser University discusses student voting in the 2021 federal election. Winnipeg Free Press Removal of polling stations on campuses ‘sad for students’ Student leaders fear move will spark apathy. CBC Loss of on-campus voting program leads to […]
The Globe and Mail Ryerson University decides to change name amid reckoning on Indigenous residential schools Ryerson University will change its name following a recommendation from a special task force that examined the legacy of its namesake, Egerton Ryerson. The Toronto Star Indigenous historian greets Ryerson University’s plan to change its name with profound relief […]
The Globe and Mail B.C. universities and colleges mull next steps as province fails to institute COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students Jonathan Ichikawa is polling the 131 students signed up for his second-year philosophy course on whether they feel comfortable cramming into the windowless University of British Columbia lecture hall to hear him explain the […]
CBC Young voters share big priorities for 2021 election More than 800,000 Canadians have turned 18 since the last federal election and some of those voters have big priorities including the environment, inequality and the overall economy. CBC Students tell Elections Canada to do more after it cancels Vote on Campus program Post-secondary students are […]
The Globe and Mail Staff, students have questions about vaccine mandates on Atlantic Canadian campuses As universities in Atlantic Canada issue vaccination mandates, students and staff are raising questions about how the health orders will be implemented once classes resume, especially regarding international students. Global News Halifax post-secondary students struggling to secure places to live […]
The Globe and Mail Housing pinch puts Canadian students in a vise Analu Gardiano set out to experience college life away from home when she came to Dartmouth from Brazil to study business four years ago. At the time, she could find nice, two-bedroom rentals for $1,000 a month. Revelstoke Review Lack of affordable housing […]
The Toronto Star Vaccination mandates ordered on campus Manitoba’s major universities and colleges have announced COVID-19 immunization mandates in a co-ordinated effort to make the public-health measure a requirement on campuses across the province. CBC University of Toronto will now require staff and students to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination The University of Toronto has […]
The Walrus The Shadowy Business of International Education Foreign students are lied to and exploited on every front. They’re also propping up higher education as we know it. The Globe and Mail Western Canada: B.C. and Alberta universities debate COVID-19 vaccine mandates Will universities in both provinces bring in requirements for students and staff to […]
CTV News Heading back to campus this September? Here’s how to vote This year’s federal election is set to take place after the start of the school year. And as colleges and universities prepare for in-person learning, many students will be away from their hometowns on Election Day, which falls on Sept. 20. CBC Quebec […]
The Globe and Mail Alberta’s post-secondary schools will not mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for students and staff Many Alberta post-secondary schools are not requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for students and staff even as others across the country are making different choices. CTV News Here’s how one Ontario university is implementing their mandatory vaccination plan next semester An […]
Global News USask requiring students, staff to have COVID-19 vaccinations on campus this fall All students, faculty and staff will be expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this fall term before entering campuses, according to the University of Saskatchewan. Global News University of Regina requiring COVID-19 vaccine for students, staff The University of Regina is […]
CBC – The National Several universities requiring mandatory COVID-19 vaccines Several Ontario universities have announced that COVID-19 vaccines will be mandatory for students on campus. CTV News COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for Carleton University students, staff and faculty this fall Carleton University says all students, faculty and staff must be fully vaccinated to access campus this […]
Global News COVID-19: U of T to require all those on campus to be vaccinated or have negative test result The University of Toronto will require all those intending to be present on campus this fall to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or face additional public health measures, including the need for a negative COVID-19 […]
The Globe and Mail University of Ottawa makes COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for in-class learning The University of Ottawa will make vaccination mandatory for in-class learning, becoming only the second postsecondary school in Canada to do so amid growing calls from students and professors for stronger measures. CTV News Calls grow for mandatory vaccinations on post-secondary […]
The Toronto Star Colleges, universities stick with masks indefinitely Despite the loosening of Manitoba’s mask mandate, several post-secondary institutes will require students, staff and visitors to continue donning face coverings on campus for the foreseeable future. CTV News Quebec bars will be safer than university classrooms this fall: McGill epidemiologist A McGill University professor who […]