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5 days ago · The fragile state of student housing In an unprecedented housing shortage, Canadian and international students are facing a crisis that puts their studies – and their well-being – at risk.
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Nov 25, 2024 · Universities Canada launched a new platform to support prospective university students navigate schools, programs, and scholarship opportunities. UniversityStudy.ca, the website that previously housed the online directory of Canadian universities, has now been completely revamped to provide a wealth ...
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Headlines for November 20, 2024 CBC News Canadian scientists urged to end government-funded research with China in sensitive areas Report from parliamentary committee lands amid new appointment atop National Microbiology Lab. Montreal Gazette Student strike: Dawson to close Thursday, Concordia warns against violence during protests Tens of...
Is Canada’s reputation in the international student marketplace in ...
In Ontario, where per-student funding remains the country’s lowest in the wake of premier Doug Ford’s decision to cut – then freeze – domestic tuition, nearly half of universities are currently running deficits.Accordingly, Steve Orsini, president and CEO of the Council of Ontario Universities, has called upon the government to reverse the cap.
Positioning Canada’s universities for the future
Dec 6, 2023 · D eep Saini began his term as the chair of the board of directors for Universities Canada in October 2023. The 18th principal and vice-chancellor of McGill University, he is a career academic with a research background in plant biology. He most recently served as president of Dalhousie University and, prior to that, was vice-chancellor and president of the University of Canberra in Australia.
The rising financial precarity of universities — University Affairs
Oct 17, 2023 · Despite early concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic could pose serious financial challenges for Canadian universities, a recent report from Statistics Canada reveals that the sector recorded a budget surplus of $1.5 billion in 2021-22. This figure is down $6.2 billion from the previous year’s $7.7 billion high, due to pandemic and market-related circumstances that resulted in nearly across-the ...
Time to rethink Canada’s international education strategy
Jan 10, 2024 · S unil Semplay arrived in Thunder Bay, Ont. in early 2022 to a winter of “unrelenting cold,” when locals were breaking their shovels just trying to dig out of the snowbanks.. But things felt pretty good to Sunil, besides missing his home in decidedly warmer Punjab, India. The computer science undergraduate had received a $10,000 annual scholarship to study at Lakehead University, a big ...
Is it time for mandatory mental health training for university …
Apr 5, 2024 · Mental health struggles have long been documented among university students. More than half of students suffer from depression and anxiety, compared to 11 per cent of the general population.This has lasting consequences for students’ mental and academic development, including, for some, the discontinuation of their studies.