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April 30, 2020 Federal aid update: House passes CESB bill, CCPA crunches the numbers The federal government just got a step closer to releasing $9 billion in emergency student aid. The Liberals’ introduced legislation in the House of Commons on Wednesday to create the Canada Emergency Student Benefit. The benefit will provide $1,250 a […]
From open-book tests to AI-enhanced proctoring tools, final exams will look very different for most faculty members.
The new program at Trent’s GTA campus aspires to engage “with issues of diverse communities,” says administrator.
The federal government’s $1.1-billion plan includes more funds for vaccine research, clinical trials, and expanded testing and modelling.
The Canada Emergency Student Benefit, Canada Student Service Grant, an expansion of the Canada Student Grant and some 76,000 jobs are some of the new measures announced.
Created in about a week, the collection offers a “snapshot” of the pandemic from scholars in the social sciences and humanities.
No widespread culling is being reported, as workers strive to maintain this crucial research infrastructure.
Organizers hope to eventually expand the program to a regional repository for Atlantic Canada.
Researchers across the country are working tirelessly and collaborating on various approaches.
The new podcast studio and inaugural podcaster-in-residence have garnered interest both on campus and further afield.
The trend seems to be particularly prevalent in Eastern Canada and among those claiming Métis ancestry.
With many studies put on hold, professors worry for their research – and what this means for graduate students.
A Q&A with the former federal health minister on her return to academia as dean of health sciences at Queen’s University.
While the University of Alberta has opted for a mandatory credit/no credit assessment this term, other universities are letting students decide whether to forgo a letter grade.
Psychologists surveyed hundreds of first-year students to determine how a sense of belonging and mattering affects well-being.
Here’s how several universities have responded so far to Ottawa’s appeal for critical supplies, expertise and labour in response to the pandemic.
March 31, 2020 2:00 p.m. EST Need an expert? We’ve got ’em Researchers and clinicians working on COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus now have a single web portal where they can access a range of resources to help their work. The project, called COVID-19 Resources Canada, is led by Guillaume Bourque, director of bioinformatics at […]
The team from U de Montréal and ULaval hope to develop a rapid test before a second wave of the disease strikes.
The one-metre telescope offers a “richer” academic experience for astronomy students and amateur stargazers alike.
“We’ve had dress rehearsals with MERS, SARS and H1N1. We’ve been there before,” says one researcher. “What are we going to learn this time in a way that actually sticks?”